Date:	Wednesday 17 July 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI
Owner/operator:	2 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PM132
MSN:	ALD.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Raversijde-Middelkerke Airport, Ostend, West Flanders -   Belgium
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Destination airport:	Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium

Narrative:
PM132: Spitfire PR. XI. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Aldermaston, Berkshire, with Griffon G65 engine. To RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 1-12-44. To 4 (IV) Squadron 11-1-45. Cat C accident 21-1-45. To 412RSU for repairs. To 1401 Flight 6-2-46. To 2 Squadron RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany 12-4-46

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17-7-46: Overran the runway, ground looped, and overturned on landing in long grass Raversijde-Middelkerke Airport, Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.

Damage initially assessed as Cat B 17-7-46. Passed to Army Salvage, but not repaired. Instead Struck Off Charge 10-8-46 as Cat. E(FA)

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p184
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4. 2 Squadron RAF ORB for the period 1 January 1946 to 31 December 1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2388/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8418930
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6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p088.html
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91598-pm132
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PM132
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War_(1945%E2%80%931988)
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celle_Air_Base#Allied_occupation_1945_until_1957
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend%E2%80%93Bruges_International_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Sep-2013 03:01	JINX	Added
22-Mar-2015 10:43	Erectus	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Nov-2022 08:11	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
17-Jun-2023 01:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Location]]
15-Sep-2023 11:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Location]]]