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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
Sources:
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 Location
Revision history:
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18-May-2023 15:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
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18-May-2023 17:07 |
Nepa |
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10-Jun-2023 17:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
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02-Sep-2023 21:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
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03-Sep-2023 19:51 |
Nepa |
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