Date:	Thursday 10 March 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F.XIV
Owner/operator:	CFE RAF
Registration:	RM872
MSN:	6S 507258
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, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF West Raynham, Norfolk

Narrative:
RM872: Spitfire F. XIV. MSN 6S-507258. Built by Vickers Armstrong Supermarine with Griffon G65 engine. Delivered to 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 16-10-44. To 2 Squadron, RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany 4-1-45. Cat B accident 12-4-45. To 412 RSU for damage assessment, later to ASTH (Airwork Services, Hamble) for repairs. To CFE (Central Fighter Establishment), RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk 16-5-46

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when undercarriage collapsed on landing at West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk 10-3-49. The airframe was damaged after the port undercarriage shock absorber strut fractured after the aircraft had landed

Damage initially assessed as Cat. C (Repairable). However, repairs not proceeded with; airframe re-cat E 1-4-49 and Struck off Charge as scrap.

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.484
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p096.html
5. CFE RAF ORB 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1348: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101058
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RM872
7. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102007-rm872
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham#Postwar

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Apr-2023 01:36	Dr. John Smith	Added