Date:	Friday 18 July 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22
Owner/operator:	1 FU RAF
Registration:	PK666
MSN:	CBAF.219
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Pershore, Worcestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex

Narrative:
PK666: Spitfire F.22, MSN CBAF.219. Built at Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire with Griffon G61 engine. To 29MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 6-12-45. To VASM (Vickers Armstrong South Marston) 3-6-46. To RAF Communications Squadron Malta 11-7-47. To 1 FU (Ferry Unit) RAF Pershore. Throckmorton, Worcestershire, July 1947.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18-7-47 when overshot landing at RAF Tangmere, West Sussex, when undercarriage raised to stop. The pilot had lost the Spitfire's pneumatic system, which had failed, and left the pilot with no air pressure to operate the aircraft's brakes. The pilot had committed to landing at RAF Tangmere, West Sussex; due to the adverse weather conditions at the time, the aircraft had been diverted to RAF Tangmere, which had a longer runway. The Spitfire overshot the runway at RAF Tangmere; as the aircraft crossed the runway threshold, the pilot raised the undercarriage in order to facilitate an emergency stop.

Damage initially assessed as Cat. C (Repairable). Not repaired, re-cat E and Struck Off Charge as scrap 22-8-47

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.321
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 1 FR RAF ORB: National Archives (PRO Kew)
5. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.2 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p086.html
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79768-pk666
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PK666
9. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PK666
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tangmere#Postwar

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Sep-2013 08:21	JINX	Added
27-Mar-2015 18:11	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]
29-Jun-2018 18:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-May-2023 21:28	Nepa	Updated [[Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]
12-May-2023 21:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]]
30-Aug-2023 20:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[[Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]]]