ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 345282
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Date: | Wednesday 19 February 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RIAF |
Registration: | TX988 |
MSN: | ALD. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Ichhawar, 20 miles south-south west of Bophal, Madhya Pradesh -
India
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RIAF |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:TX988: Spitfire FR XIV, built at Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 29MU RAF High Ercoll, Shropshire 30-4-45. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 1-6-45 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the ss 'Empire Kumasi' 19-7-45, arriving India 14-8-45. To ACSEA (Air Command South East Asia) 23-8-45. To 9 Squadron RIAF by 1-12-45
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19-2-47 when engine cut and aircraft belly-landed near Ichhawar, Madhya Pradesh, Sehore District, 20 miles South South-West of Bhopal. The pilot was undertaking a cross country NAVEX (navigation exercise) when the aircraft's engine failed due to the magneto collapsing. The pilot then made an immediate 'engine out' wheels-up belly landing, and the Spitfire was severely damaged in the landing.
Crew of Spitfire TX988
F/O (IND/3173) Sarangapani Srinivasan (pilot) RIAF- survived with minor injuries
Ichhawar Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It is part of Sehore District.
Sources:
1. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.275
2. 9 Sqn RIAF ORB for the period 1-5-1945 to 30-6-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/139/25:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8407802 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p114.html 4.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/ 5.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TX988 6.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/TX988 7.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/3173 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._9_Squadron_IAF 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichhawar_Assembly_constituency Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Sep-2023 00:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-Sep-2023 16:45 |
Nepa |
Updated |
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