Date:	Thursday 7 February 1952
Time:	11:20
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35
Owner/operator:	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VR795
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Hemswell
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VR795: Took off for Training flight.07/02/1952
The pilot was making an asymmetric (single engined) landing at RAF Hemswell.The pilot seleted undercarriage "down" at a very late stage of the aproach. As a result, the undercarriage did not lock down until very shortly before touchdown. During the landing run, the pilot had to swerve the Mosquito off the runway, to avoid a vehicle on the runway. The aircraft took a considerable time to come to halt. The plane overshot landing and crashed through the boundary fence and swung into a road before coming to a halt.
Crew:
F/Sgt (622003) Norman Fairweather GILMOUR (pilot) RAF – OK
F/O (1817646) Thomas William COOPER AFM (nav.) RAF - OK

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 150
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. ORB 139 Sqdn RAF (Operations Record Book)
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/D8425830
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1951

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Oct-2013 13:18	Nepa	Added
29-Jul-2014 13:36	Lotos	Updated [Location, Narrative]
21-Jul-2015 19:57	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
07-Sep-2016 16:52	Nepa	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Nov-2018 20:18	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
25-Feb-2021 01:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source]
25-Feb-2021 09:57	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]
26-Feb-2021 03:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Narrative]
26-Feb-2021 10:53	Anon.	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Sep-2021 11:05	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]