ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160709
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| Date: | 07-JAN-1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (61 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | PM636 |
| MSN: | 6S.683533 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Keevil, 4 miles east of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
Spitfire PR.XIX. PM636, MSN 6S-683533. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire with Griffon G66 engine. Delivered to the RAF at 29 MU High Ercall, Shropshire, 3-10-45. Issued to 61 OTU RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 28-6-46.
Written off in a FACE: (Flying Accident Cat. E) when tyre burst on take-off, aircraft swung off runway at RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 7-1-47. Deemed "beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge 20-6-47. No reports of fatality or injury to the pilot.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.57. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.261
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. A Spitfire Girl: One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots (Page 205) By Mary Ellis, Melody Foreman
5. 61 OTU RAF ORB for the period 16-1-941 to 30-6-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/685/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161034
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p089.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PM636
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91918-pm636
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Keevil#Postwar_military_use
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2013 09:31 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Mar-2015 18:36 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 18-Nov-2019 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 11:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 19-Jul-2021 11:58 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-May-2023 19:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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