Date:	Monday 1 December 1947
Time:
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIX
Owner/operator:	2 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PS832
MSN:	6S 637125
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	RAF Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, West Germany -   Germany
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wunstorf, Lower Saxony
Destination airport:	RAF Wunstorf, Lower Saxony

Narrative:
PS832: Spitfire PR. XIX, MSN 6S 637125. Built by Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire with Griffon G66 engine. To PRU Benson 2-12-44. To 542 Squadron 2-1-45. To 106 Group 18-3-45. To 151RU 17-1-46. To 2 Squadron, RAF Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, West Germany 3-2-46 coded 'OI-B'

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1-12-47 when tyre burst on take-off and aircraft belly-landed at RAF Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, West Germany. The tyre of Spitfire PS832 burst in take-off, but the aircraft managed to climb away from the runway ay RAF Wunstorf normally). After completion of the sortie, the aircraft returned to base (RAF Wunstorf) and due to the damage to the undercarriage, the pilot opted to make a wheels-up belly landing

Not repaired' Struck off charge as Cat E 1-12-47

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.353
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
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5. "RAF Write offs 1947": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.2 1978: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1978.pdf
6. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/91932-ps832
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=PS832
8. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PS832
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._542_Squadron_RAF#Formation_in_World_War_II
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War_(1945%E2%80%931988)
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunstorf_Air_Base#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Sep-2013 20:50	JINX	Added
25-Mar-2015 18:42	Jixn	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]
26-Aug-2023 21:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]]
27-Aug-2023 09:07	Nepa	Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]]]