Originally Posted by
melmothtw
Good idea or not, it happened. On Twitter there are images of the actual Spitfire on the beach with its wheels down, having been torched by the pilot shortly after landing. I would post it, but as Photobucket is now looking to charge me for doing so, I won't.
Plenty of images in this link - is this the aircraft you are thinking of?
De westkust in mei 1940 - Hét ABL-History Forum