Date:	Tuesday 18 June 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	302 (Poznanski) Sqn RAF
Registration:	TB742
MSN:	CBAF 10919
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, BZG, West Germany -   Germany
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, BZG, West Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
TB742: Spitfire LF XVI, MSN CBAF.10919. Built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 20-2-45. To 84GSU 12-3-45. To 302 (City of Poznan) Polish Fighter Squadron RAF (Polish: 302 Dywizjon Myśliwski "Poznański") 29-3-45

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18-6-46: Struck by TB299 on ground while taxying at RAF Ahlhorn, Lower Saxony, BZG, West Germany. The pilot - Flight Sergeant G Albrecht, RAF - was uninjured.

Damage assessed as Cat E 18-6-46. Not repaired, Struck Off Charge 27-6-46

The other Spitfire involved (TB299) was repaired and returned to service with 302 Squadron on 21-11-46. It became a non-effective airframe 16-12-46 and was Struck Off Charge 24-10-47

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.44 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.163
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 302 Sqn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1662/41: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8399972
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.100: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p109.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TB742
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90589-tb742
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TB742
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._302_Polish_Fighter_Squadron#History
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ahlhorn#Second_World_War_and_beyond

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Sep-2023 17:37	Dr. John Smith	Added
15-Sep-2023 20:38	Nepa	Updated
18-Sep-2023 18:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated