Date:	Tuesday 24 April 1951
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	540 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VT589
MSN:	OT-Z
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Benson
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VT589/Z: Took off for a local flight. 24/04/1951
but on the take off run, a violent swing to port developed and the undercarriage collapsed.
Crew:
W/Cdr (39005) Hughie Idwal EDWARDS DFC (pilot) RAF - Ok
W/Cdr (????) ABRAHAMS (pilot) RAF - Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 540 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.http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VT
6.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422904

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-May-2014 16:41	Nepa	Added
13-Jul-2014 14:47	Repac	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
12-Aug-2014 07:19	Digger	Updated [Location]
24-Jul-2015 20:15	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
15-Dec-2018 22:42	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Jan-2020 15:43	Digger	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
26-Jan-2020 13:31	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
20-Jan-2021 02:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jan-2021 17:56	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2021 17:25	TB	Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Operator]
27-Sep-2021 09:22	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Apr-2023 20:05	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]