Date:	Thursday 4 November 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	CFE RAF
Registration:	RM925
MSN:	6S-381756
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:
RM925: Spitfire LF. XIV, MSN 6S-381756. Built at Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Eastleigh with Griffon G65 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 25-11-44. To 130 Squadron, RAF 1-3-45. Sustained Cat. B accident 2-4-45. To 409RSU (Repair & Salvage Unit) for damage assessment. To ASTH (Airwork Service Training, Hamble) 27-4-45 for repairs. To CFE (Central Fighter Establishment), RAF West Raynham, Norfolk 3-5-46

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when struck Spitfire RM694 (also of the CFE) after landing at RAF West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk 4-11-48

Damage initially assessed as Cat. C (Repairable), and repairs on site begun. However, re-cat E 28-2-49 and struck off charge

The other Spitfire involved (RM694) became a ground instructional airframe (6640M), at RAF Hornchurch from 1949 to 1963 and still survives to this day, although as a fuselage only (see separate entry)

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.445
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. "RAF Write offs 1948": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.1 1979: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p097.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/RM925
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/102041-rm925
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._130_Squadron_RAF
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Raynham#Postwar

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Apr-2023 12:06	Dr. John Smith	Added
16-Aug-2023 16:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated