Date:	Friday 12 November 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR. XVIII
Owner/operator:	60 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TP231
MSN:	6S 672251
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Serendah, Hulu Selangor District, Selangor -   Malaysia
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Tengah, Singapore
Destination airport:

Narrative:
TP231: Spitfire FR. XVIII, MSN 6S-672251. Built at Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 21-2-46. To 47MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire, 1-9-47 for crating and shipment overseas. Shipped on the SS. 'Euryades' 8-11-47, arriving at RAF Tengah, Singapore 18-12-47. Taken on charge by ACFE (Air Command Far East) 29-4-48. To 390MU RAF Tengah, Singapore. To 60 Squadron, RAF Tengah, Singapore 14-5-48

Written off (destroyed) when hit trees recovering from dive bombing run, and crashed near Serendah, Malaysia 12-11-48; Crashed in jungle during anti-terrorist operations. Dakota KN635 of 110 Squadron, RAF also crashed while searching for the downed/missing pilot. Pilot of Spitfire TP231 killed

Crew of Spitfire TP231
Flying Officer Peter Miller Sketch RAF (pilot, aged 23) - killed on active service 12-11-1948

Aircraft destroyed, classified as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) and Struck Off Charge 13-11-48

Serendah is a town and mukim in Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. Located 16 miles (26 km) north of Kuala Lumpur, Serendah was originally a home to many tin mines and act as a satellite town to a bigger mining town, Rawang.

1. The Indian Express 14 November 1948, p6
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.447
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. 60 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-5-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2426/9: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420203
6. "RAF Write offs 1948": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.1 1979: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p113.html
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TP231
9. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102357-tp231
10. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TP231
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._60_Squadron_RAF#Post_World_War_II
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendah

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Dec-2018 16:18	TB	Added
16-Aug-2023 16:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated