Date:	Saturday 20 August 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	2 Sqn RAF
Registration:	NM821
MSN:	EA.
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Uetersen, district of Pinneberg, BZG, West Germany -   Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Destination airport:	RAF Uetersen, district of Pinneberg BZG, West Geramany
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
NM821: Spitfire FR. XIV, built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 14-4-45. To 414 Squadron RCAF 17-5-45 at Lüneburg Airfield ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) B156, BZG West Germany. 414 Squadron RCAF disbanded 7-8-45. To 2 Squadron 9-8-45 (two days later). Cat C (Repairable) accident 5-9-47. To BAFO DA (British Armed Forces of Occupation Disposal Account) 6-9-47 for repairs. Repaired on site and returned to service with 2 Squadron by 1-11-47

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20-8-49 in a wheels-up landing at Uetersen. The cause was pure pilot error; the pilot forgot to lower the undercarriage on approach, and the Spitfire made a wheels-up belly landing at Uetersen. The underside of the Spitfire was severely damaged due to the aircraft skidding along the runway at Uetersen at high speed

Damage initially assessed as Cat B 20-8-49; not repaired, re-cat E 25-8-49 and struck off charge

Uetersen Airfield is an aerodrome near the town of Uetersen in the district of Pinneberg within the municipalities of Heist and Appen.

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2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.52
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 2 Sqn RAF ORB: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27
5. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/NM821
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NM821
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._414_Squadron_RCAF#World_War_II
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War_(1945%E2%80%931988)
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uetersen_Airfield#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Aug-2023 21:04	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Aug-2023 08:15	Nepa	Updated