Date:	Friday 20 December 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk 26
Owner/operator:	39 Sqn RAF
Registration:	KA282
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF stn St.Eval, Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF St.Eval, Cornwall
Destination airport:	RAF St.Eval

Narrative:
Mosquito KA282: Took off for a daytime training flight 20/12/1946.
The port engine failed shortly after takeoff, and the pilot feathered the port propellor. An emergency landing was requested, but the aircraft lost altitude on the approach, and crashed short of the runway at RAF St. Eval, on the edge of the airfield.
Crew: 
P.II (1569860) William Mitchell CLARK (pilot) RAF - killed, succumbed to injuries on 21/12/46
N.I (1607694) Kenneth Richard Noble WALLINGTON (nav.) RAFVR - killed

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 39 Sqdn RAF: AIR27/409
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503044
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records
5. Halley, James Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents.
6. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
7. https://raf-luqa.weebly.com/39-sqdn-photo-recbombing.html
8. https://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/39/
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=KA282
X. Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.105: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
11. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125033857/william-mitchell-clark
12. https://billiongraves.com/grave/Flight-Sergeant-Kenneth-Richard-Noble-Wallington/24608903
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_St_Eval#Post_World_War_II

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Dec-2012 12:09	Nepa	Added
22-Jul-2014 07:06	Depak	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
24-Oct-2014 16:42	HB	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Narrative]
05-Aug-2015 17:43	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Aug-2015 17:43	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
02-Nov-2018 17:02	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Nov-2019 22:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
19-Nov-2019 08:34	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Feb-2020 21:24	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Jul-2021 10:12	Next	Updated [Time, Source, Operator]
19-Nov-2021 17:22	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
22-May-2023 09:10	Nepa	Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]
22-May-2023 21:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Narrative, Operator]]]