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Date: | Wednesday 7 May 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | 6 Sqn RIAF |
Registration: | MV305 |
MSN: | EA. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ranchi, Jharkhand -
India
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
Destination airport: | RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:MV305: Spitfire FR XIV, built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine (Interim). Supermarine production prototype, first flown 24-5-44. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 18-3-45. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 2-6-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the ss 'Empire Gambia' 6-8-45, arriving India 30-8-45. To 6 Squadron RIAF.
Written off (damaged beyond repair 7-5-47: The starboard tyre burst on takeoff from RIAF Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. However, the Spitfire managed to take of normally. Upon return to base (RIAF Ranchi) the pilot opted to make a wheels-up landing at the side of the runway. The landing inflicted severe damage to the airframe as the aircraft slid along the ground at speed before coming to a halt
Crew of Spitfire MV305
Pilot Officer (IND-2893) Nando Kumar Mukerjee RIAF (pilot) - survived uninjured
This incident may have had an adverse effect on the pilot's career, as he relinquished his commission on 12-11-47, some six months later. The same pilot had also been at the control of Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIc PJ685 of 151 OTU on 11-10-44 when it belly-landed and was written off
Not repaired; Struck Off Charge 1-6-47
Sources:
1. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.299
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p076.html 4.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/MV305 5.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/2893 6.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MV305 7.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79901-mv305 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._6_Squadron_IAF#History 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birsa_Munda_Airport Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2023 03:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
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02-Sep-2023 09:04 |
Nepa |
Updated |