Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36 RL244,
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Date:Tuesday 1 February 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:23 Sqn RAF
Registration: RL244
MSN: YP-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1/2 mile west of RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Coltishall
Narrative:
Mosquito RL244: Took off for a Night training flight. 01/02/1949.
Port engine cut and the starboard engine was feathered in error. Pilot had insufficient altitude and time to recover. Aircraft force-landed into a field half-a-mile west of RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
Crew:
F/Lt (199172) John Frederick Augustine FISHER (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (132584) Slavomír JANÁČEK (cs.nav.) RAF - injured

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 23 Sqn RAF for the period 1-3-1948 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2403/33:
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505041
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Coltishall#Cold_War

History of this aircraft

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19 March 1943 DD742 85 Sqn RAF 0 RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England min
2 April 1943 DD742 85 Sqn RAF 1 Shoreham to Hove railway line, Sussex, England w/o
24 July 1944 HR236 23 Sqn RAF 2 Missing - North Sea w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Feb-2014 15:58 Nepa Added
28-May-2014 15:18 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport]
29-Jul-2014 15:07 Jixon Updated [Location, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 10:33 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
21-Mar-2019 19:55 Nepa Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
19-Mar-2020 21:45 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 17:19 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Oct-2021 18:27 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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