Date:	Friday 14 February 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX
Owner/operator:	253 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PV124
MSN:	CBAF.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Treviso, Province of Treviso, Veneto Region -   Italy
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Treviso, Province of Treviso, Veneto Region, Italy
Destination airport:	Treviso, Province of Treviso, Veneto Region, Italy
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
PV124: Spitfire LF IX, built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 2-8-44. To 222MU RAF North Luffenham 11-8-44 for packing and crating for shipment overseas. Shipped on the ss 'Silverguava' 22-8-44, arriving Casablanca. Morrocco 11-9-44. To 43 Squadron RAF in the South of France in October 1944. To 93 Squadron RAF in 1945. To 253 Squadron at Treviso, Italy, on or after 5-9-45 when 93 Squadron disbanded.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14-2-47 when stalled on landing and crash-landed at Treviso, Province of Treviso, Veneto Region, Italy. The aircraft stalled from an altitude of 150 feet agl after the pilot lost control during the final stages of the approach.

Damage assessed as Cat E 14-2-47; not repaired and Struck Off Charge 27-3-47

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.270
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 253 Squadron RAF ORB for the period 1-6-1945 to 31-5-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1512/35: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8397386
5. "RAF Write-offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1978 No. 2: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/87578-pv124
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PV124
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PV124
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._93_Squadron_RAF
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._253_Squadron_RAF
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treviso_Airport

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Sep-2023 01:59	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Sep-2023 16:38	Nepa	Updated