Date:	Thursday 15 June 1950
Time:	17:08
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	228 OCU RAF
Registration:	RK993
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Leeming, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leeming
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RK993: Took off for Night Flying Test ​and should followed by two circuits and landings.15/06/1950
Lost starboard engine at less than 100 feet on take-off, dipped wing, hit ground. Aircraft completely destroyed by fire. Both crew injured; pilot thrown clear, navigator dragged himself from the wreckage.
Crew:
F/O (607.045) John Richard Edmondson EDMONDSON-JONES (pilot) RAF – injured
F/O (168.457) John ETKINS (nav.) RAF - injured 

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578347
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 233/26: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424147
4. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain.
5. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings.
6. Straight & True: A History of Royal Air Force Leeming.

Official crash investigation photo as found in my fathers album.

Official crash investigation photo as found in my fathers album.

Official accident investigation report, page 1

Official accident investigation report, page 2

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Official accident investigation report, page 4

Official accident investigation report, page 5

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Feb-2014 09:50	Nepa	Added
18-Jun-2014 17:03	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Jul-2014 04:48	Pepa	Updated [Narrative]
12-Aug-2014 07:23	Scout	Updated [Location]
25-Jul-2015 05:43	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
07-Jun-2016 17:13	jetkins	Updated [Photo, ]
07-Jun-2016 17:14	jetkins	Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo, ]
07-Jun-2016 18:36	jetkins	Updated [Narrative]
07-Jul-2016 17:18	jetkins	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative, Photo, ]
07-Jul-2016 17:18	jetkins	Updated [Photo, ]
07-Jul-2016 17:18	jetkins	Updated [Photo, ]
07-Jul-2016 17:18	jetkins	Updated [Photo, ]
07-Jul-2016 17:19	jetkins	Updated [Source, Photo, ]
07-Jul-2016 19:41	jetkins	Updated [Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative]
08-Jul-2016 06:17	jetkins	Updated [Time]
02-Apr-2019 18:42	Nepa	Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
22-Dec-2019 21:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Dec-2019 21:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
26-Dec-2020 16:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Jan-2021 17:42	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Jan-2021 20:59	Anon.	Updated [Source, Operator]
27-Nov-2021 17:58	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]