Date:	Thursday 17 April 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	CFE RAF
Registration:	NH694
MSN:	EA.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk

Narrative:
NH694: Spitfire F. XIV. Built at Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. Delivered to 39MU 21-4-44. To DeHavilland Hatfield 10-6-44. To 322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF 20-6-44 at RAF West Malling, Maidstone, Kent, coded '3W-J'. Cat C accident 30-7-44; repaired on site. To ASTH (Airwork Service Training Hamble) for overhaul. Returned to service. On 7-10-45, 322 (Durch) squadron disbanded at Wunstorf in Germany as part of the RAF. Presumed stored until next issued to the CFE (Central Fighter Establishment), RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk 30-5-46

Crashed on takeoff at RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk 17-4-47; the starboard tyre burst during the take-off run, and the Spitfire swung off the right-hand side of the runway, followed by the undercarriage collapsing.

Not repaired; to Cat. E(G/I) 6340M and transferred to the Belgian Air Force 24-7-47 for use as a ground instructional airframe. To Belgian Air Force Technical School at Saffraanberg, at "SR-111/GD-A". To Technical School Tongeren, to be rebuilt for the Technical School of Saffraanberg, but instead scrapped in 1954

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.34. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100 - NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1992 p 56)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.290
4. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.2 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
5. CFE RAF ORB for the period 1-12-1944 to 31-3-1948: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR20/1792: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1220125
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/NH694
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/101773-nh694
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NH694
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._322_(Dutch)_Squadron_RAF
10. https://www.belgian-wings.be/supermarine-spitfire-fr-14-part-3
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham#Postwar

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-May-2023 15:40	Dr. John Smith	Added
18-May-2023 15:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated
18-May-2023 17:07	Nepa	Updated
10-Jun-2023 17:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated
02-Sep-2023 21:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated
03-Sep-2023 19:51	Nepa	Updated