Date:	Tuesday 17 October 1950
Time:	10:05
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35
Owner/operator:	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VP179
MSN:	XD-B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Hemswell
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VP179 : Crashed during a single-engine landing at RAF Hemswell. 17/10/1950
According to some sources, the port engine was feathered due to excessive vibration, some five minutes after take off. The pilot returned to base, and made a single engine landing, touching down port wheel first, but VP179 swung off the runway, and the undercarriage collapsed.
Crew:
F/Lt (3014902) Henry William CAFFERATA (pilot) RAF - Ok
???? (nav.) RAF - Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 139 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://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1118136/
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1950
8. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439315
9. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VP

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

12 March 1943	DZ373	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	Oosterschelde, 8 km south-south-east of Bergen op Zoom, Zeeland		w/o
24 March 1945	KB390	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF	2	near Berlin.		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Oct-2013 00:52	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-Oct-2013 08:14	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
29-Jul-2014 14:20	Giggs	Updated [Location, Narrative]
25-Jul-2015 05:19	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
08-Sep-2016 08:26	Nepa	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Jan-2021 22:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Jan-2021 22:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
07-Jan-2021 18:02	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Jan-2021 21:20	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2021 17:45	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]