Date:	Monday 28 August 1950
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:	540 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PF674
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Benson, South Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Benson
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito PF674: Landing accident at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, 28/08/1950
On the third attempt to land at Benson in low cloud and continuous heavy rain, the pilot touched down at approximately one-third of the distance along the runway, and at angle to it.
Realizing that he could not stop the aircraft in the remaining distance available, he retracted the undercarriage, and the aircraft went through a boundary hedge before coming to a stop.
Crew: 
F/Lt (181.707) Peter Craig BUCHANAN (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/Lt (187.104) Antony Geoffrey SHINGLES DFC (nav.) RAF - Ok 

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 540 Sqdn RAF (Operations Record Book)
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings.
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422888
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._540_Squadron_RAF#Post-war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Aug-2013 22:38	JINX	Added
30-Sep-2013 09:41	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location]
30-May-2014 09:37	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-May-2015 09:53	Don Diego	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
25-Jul-2015 07:30	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
25-Dec-2018 18:35	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
29-Dec-2020 16:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Jan-2021 17:57	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Jan-2021 21:15	Anon.	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2021 18:00	TB	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Sep-2021 19:40	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]