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Date: | Thursday 25 November 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk XIV |
Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | MV252 |
MSN: | 6S 649176 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Wahn, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, BZG, West Germany -
Germany
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wahn, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Destination airport: | RAF Wahn, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Narrative:MV252: Spitfire FR. XIV, MSN 6S649176. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire with Griffon G65 engine. To 39MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 30-11-44. To 402 (City of Winnipeg) Squadron RCAF 26-4-45 as 'AE-Q'. Flown by Flt Lt M.V. Knight, at Wunstorf, Germany.
To 412 Squadron RCAF 28-6-45 also based at Wunstorf, BZG, West Germany. To 3BRU 6-4-46 for overhaul and storage. To 2 Squadron RAF Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany 24-6-48
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25-11-48 when tyre burst on takeoff at RAF Wahn, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, BZG, West Germany. During the take-off run, a tyre burst, and a wheel rim came off the starboard undercarriage. The Spitfire managed to take off normally, but, on return to RAF Wahn, the pilot opted not to lower the damaged undercarriage, and instead bellylanded Spitfire MV252 at RAF Wahn, causing severe damage to the underside of the airframe. The pilot seems to have survived uninjured.
Not repaired: Struck off charge 25-11-48 (same day) as Cat. E(FA)
Sources:
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.449
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft MA100-MZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 2 Sqn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27
5. "RAF Write offs 1948": Air Britain Aeromilitaria No.1 1979:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/101740-mv252 7.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=MV252 8.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/MV252 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/402_Squadron#The_Second_World_War 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron#Second_World_War 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War_(1945%E2%80%931988)
12.
https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234951959-spitfire-xive-wwii/ 13.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Bonn_Airport#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Aug-2023 21:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
15-Aug-2023 07:08 |
Nepa |
Updated |
16-Aug-2023 16:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |