Date:	Saturday 4 October 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI
Owner/operator:	Bückeburg SF RAF
Registration:	PM157
MSN:	ALD.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, BZG, West Germany -   Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, BZG, West Germany
Destination airport:	RAF Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, BZG, West Germany

Narrative:
PM157: Spitfire PR. XI, built at Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Aldermaston with Merlin M70. To MJL 1-2-45. To 1PP RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 3-2-45. To USAAF 22-2-45. To BAFO Communications Wing 16-1-46. To Bückeburg Station Flight, RAF Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, BZG, West Germany.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4-10-47: On landing at RAF Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, BZG, West Germany, the pilot "held off" from committing to a landing for too long, and kept the aircraft at too high an altitude. On touchdown, the Spitfire landed heavily on the port undercarriage, causing the port tyre to burst. The Spitfire swung off the runway to starboard, and ran into rough ground, coming to a halt when it tipped up onto its nose.

Damage assessed as Cat B 4-10-47; re-cat E2(FA) 8-10-47 and struck off charge

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.340
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. RAF Bückeburg ORB for 1947: National Archvies (PRO Kew)
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6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p088.html
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91623-pm157
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PM157
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PM157
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Communication_units
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCckeburg_Air_Base#British_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Sep-2013 03:17	JINX	Added
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