Date:	Monday 26 April 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35
Owner/operator:	APDU RAF
Registration:	TK632
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 miles SE of Market Lavington near Netheravon, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito TK632: (Air Photography Development Unit) Took off for Test flight. 26/04/1948
The aircraft was engaged in night photographic trials and exploded in flight, scattering the wreckage over a wide area. The plane crashed miles south-east of Market Lavington near Netheravon.
Crew:
F/Lt (65589) David RUTHERFORD (Pilot) RAF- killed
F/O (165236) George Henry William FISHER (nav.) RAF - killed

The subsequent Board of Inquiry concluded that the most probable cause of the in-flight explosion was due to a faulty release mechanism in the bomb bay, which meant that the photoflashes being carried by Mosquito TK632 detonated inside the bomb bay, before release, and this was the cause of the fire and subsequent explosion.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB APDU RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 2/5967:
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2637759
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2415
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578261
6. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain).
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142586646/david-rutherford
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Lavington

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-May-2014 19:14	Nepa	Added
17-Sep-2014 11:35	Quentin	Updated [Location, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 10:35	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
02-May-2019 21:00	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
29-Nov-2019 21:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Nov-2019 21:54	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Feb-2021 18:34	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Operator]
06-Jul-2021 08:54	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Operator]
06-Jul-2021 09:33	TB	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Aug-2021 20:44	BlB	Updated [Source, Operator]
25-Aug-2023 08:07	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Operator]]