Date:	Monday 4 July 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	CFS RAF
Registration:	LR556
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1.5-mile SE of RAF stn Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire.
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito LR556: Took off for Training flight. 04/07/1949
The pilot intended to overshoot RAF Moreton-in-Marsh during an asymmetric (single engine) approach. He overshot, made a further circuit prior to a landing approach, but did not realise that he had still 'full flap' selected. Hence the Mosquito would not maintain altitude, nor would it accelerate. The Mosquito force landed 1.5 miles South East of Moreton-in-Marsh. Pilot he walked away with a broken hand when one of the props sliced through the cockpit.
Crew:
F/Lt (53248) Roger EMETT (pilot) RAF - Ok
???? (pilot) RAF - Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB CFS RAF:
3.(PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1787: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101497
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Little_Rissington#Central_Flying_School:_1946_to_1976
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Moreton-in-Marsh
6. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
7. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p. 511

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Jun-2012 08:14	Nepa	Added
06-Jun-2012 08:16	Nepa	Updated [Registration]
31-Jul-2014 12:40	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
19-Mar-2015 17:20	Scout	Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
19-Mar-2015 17:21	Scout	Updated [Operator]
26-Jul-2015 09:38	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
29-Aug-2015 11:59	pepa	Updated [Location]
14-Apr-2018 08:41	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
10-Sep-2018 07:38	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2019 22:10	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jul-2019 19:30	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 16:20	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
15-Sep-2021 21:14	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]