Date:	Tuesday 23 August 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:	58 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PF671
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Preston Crowmarsh, 1mile west of RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Benson, (EGUB)

Narrative:
Mosquito PF671: Written off when crashed at Preston Crowmarsh, 1 mile west of RAF Benson. 23/08/1949
The port engine was running roughly due to an oil leak, and there was smoke in the cockpit. The pilot returned to base at RAF Benson for an emergency asymmetric (single engine) landing, but lost significant amounts of altitude while in the circuit for final approach. The pilot then made a badly judged final turn to align the aircraft with the runway heading at RAF Benson. The pilot then banked the aircraft vertically in an attempt to line with the runway, but the Mosquito stalled and dived into the ground.
Crew:
P2 (629325) Edward George “Lofty” SEEKINGS (pilot) RAF: killed
Gunner IIB (1257409) James Richard STUBBS (nav.) RAF: killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 58 Sqdn RAF:
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat losses 1946-1949
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420087
6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Crowmarsh

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Aug-2013 22:33	JINX	Added
30-Sep-2013 12:17	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
30-May-2014 09:45	Nepa	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jul-2014 14:46	Holschtein	Updated [Location]
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