Date:	Thursday 30 June 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	CFE RAF
Registration:	RM959
MSN:	6S 381776
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk

Narrative:
RM959; Spitfire F.XIV, MSN 6S 381776. Built at Vickers-Armstrongs at Eastleigh, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. Delivered to 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 7-12-44. Returned HPA (Vickers Armstrong Supermarine at High Post Airfield) for rectification 6-2-45. Delivered to CFE (Central Fighter Establishment), RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk 10-7-46

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30-6-49 when the aircraft swung to starboard on landing; pilot failed to correct the swing, and undercarriage collapsed at RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk.

Damaged initially assessed as Cat. B 30-6-49; not repaired, struck off charge and re-cat E 1-9-49

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.509
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. CFE RAF ORB for the period 1946-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1349: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101059
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p097.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RM959
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79659-pk959
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham#Postwar

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Mar-2023 08:18	Dr. John Smith	Added
06-Aug-2023 21:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated