Date:	Wednesday 10 July 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XI
Owner/operator:	BAFO CW RAF
Registration:	PM153
MSN:	6S 585134
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Croydon, Surrey, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Destination airport:	RAF Croydon, Surrey

Narrative:
PM153: Spitfire PR. XI, MSN 6S 585134. Built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Aldermaston. Delivered to 1 PP RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 22-1-45. Transferred to the USAAF 4-2-45. Returned to the RAF and issued to the BAFO Communcations Wing, Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, 17-1-46.

Flying Accident (Cat. C) when damaged tail wheel on landing at RAF Croydon, Surrey 10-7-46. Damage re-categorised as Cat. E 19-8-46 and struck off charge.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.47. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.182
Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.101: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p088.html
5. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PM153
6. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91619-pm153
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Communication_units
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCckeburg_Air_Base#British_use
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon_Airport#Post-war_developments_and_final_closure

Croydon Airport in 1945.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Sep-2013 03:15	JINX	Added
27-Mar-2015 18:48	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
15-Nov-2019 19:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
17-Nov-2019 17:16	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
09-May-2023 21:23	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]]
18-Jun-2023 01:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]]]
22-Jun-2023 11:48	Nepa	Updated [[[[Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]]]]
18-Sep-2023 18:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[[[Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]]]]]