Date:	Wednesday 2 April 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	2 Sqn RAF
Registration:	NH912
MSN:	6S 648214
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Fuhrberg, near RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, BZG, West Germany -   Germany
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Destination airport:	RAF Celle, West Germany
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
NH912: Spitfire FR XIV, MSN 6S 648214. Built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 4-4-45. To 430 Squadron RCAF 10-5-45. 430 Squadron was disbanded in Germany in August 1945. To 29MU RAF High Ercol, Shropshire 10-9-45 for storage. To 2 Squadron, RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, BZG, West Germany 21-11-46

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2-4-47 when engine cut during shortly after take-off from RAF Celle. The Spitfire belly-landed into a field Fuhrberg near RAF Celle Germany. The subsequent Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the engine failure to the incorrect assembly of the magneto by the engine manufacturers. The pilot made a wheels-up landing in a field at Fuhrberg, approx. 12 miles (19 km) south south-west of Celle and was apparently uninjured.

Damage assessed as Cat E 2-4-47. Struck Off Charge 30-4-47 as Cat.E2(FA)

Burgwedel is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km north-east of Hanover. Burgwedel consists of the following boroughs: Engensen, Fuhrberg, Großburgwedel (administrative seat), Kleinburgwedel,Oldhorst, Thönse, Wettmar

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11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgwedel

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Sep-2023 21:24	Dr. John Smith	Added
04-Sep-2023 08:11	Nepa	Updated
07-Sep-2023 01:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated
12-Sep-2023 12:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated