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Date: | Friday 27 August 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 |
Owner/operator: | 73 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PK555 |
MSN: | SMAF. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Ta Kali (Ta'qali) -
Malta
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ta Kali (Ta'qali), Malta |
Destination airport: | RAF Ta Kali (Ta'qali), Malta |
Narrative:PK555: Spitfire F.22, built at SMAF (South Marston Aircraft Factory) with Griffon G61 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 10-10-45. To VASM (Vickers Armstrong South Marston) for modifications and Conversion 27-5-46. To Pershore 14-11-47. To RAF Middle East Command 27-11-47. To 73 Squadron, RAF Ta Kali (Ta'qali), Malta 29-1-48
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27-8-48 when bomb carrier detached on landing at RAF Ta Kali (Ta'qali), Malta, causing severe damage to the underside of the aircraft. Pilot uninjured
Not repaired: re-cat E and Struck Off Charge 28-10-48 at 137 MU RAF Luqa, Malta
NOTE: The base's name reflects an anglicised corruption of the correct Maltese spelling of Ta' Qali, other phonetic variants of the correct name also appear regularly.
Sources:
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.423
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 73 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-6-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2430/4:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420259 5. "RAF Write offs 1948": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.1 1979:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
https://aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19401949/tabid/650/language/en-GB/Default.aspx 7.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html 8.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PK555 9.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79680-pk555 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._73_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ta_Kali#Post_war Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2013 03:49 |
JINX |
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25-Mar-2015 18:40 |
Don Diego |
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18-Aug-2023 00:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]] |
20-Aug-2023 00:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator]]] |
18-Sep-2023 19:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[[[Aircraft type, Operator]]]] |