Date:	Wednesday 4 January 1950
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	228 OCU RAF
Registration:	RL260
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1/2 mile south of RAF stn Catterick, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RL260: Took off for training flight. 04/01/1950
Abandoned when crew believed rear fuselage on fire on take off 1/2mile south of RAF Catterick.
Crew:
F/Lt (183.032) Eric Alfred LAMPKIN (pilot) RAF - Ok baled out
F/O (500719) James McLean PEARSON (nav.) RAF – Ok baled out

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233.
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/30/S2475.
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578321
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424122
7. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Feb-2014 16:47	Nepa	Added
18-Jun-2014 16:55	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Narrative]
11-Jul-2014 05:17	Route	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Apr-2015 20:30	Next	Updated [Location]
25-Jul-2015 05:23	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
27-Aug-2015 19:44	Iwosh	Updated [Location]
24-Mar-2019 17:46	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Narrative, Operator]
22-Dec-2019 19:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Dec-2019 21:11	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Jan-2020 19:01	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
22-Jun-2021 20:12	Anon.	Updated [Time, Operator]
27-Nov-2021 18:39	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]