Date:	Friday 2 March 1945
Time:	21:15
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XX
Owner/operator:	PFNTU RAF
Registration:	KB206
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Yew Tree Farm, Basford near Cheddleton, Staffordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:	RAF Warboys

Narrative:
Mosquito KB206: Took off at 19:15 hrs for a high-level night cross-country training flight. 02/03/1945
The crew being briefed to fly at 27,000 feet. At around 21:00 hrs, the Mosquito was sighted flying at 6,000 to 7,000 feet and 12 miles off its course. Shortly after this the plane disintegrated in the air and crashed at Yew Tree Farm, Basford near Cheddleton, south of Leek, Staffordshire.
Crew:
F/Lt (80126) Arthur Ian ALBERTSON AFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:778422 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 June, 1944)
F/Sgt (Aus.430960) Robert James EATON (nav.) RAAF - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/de-havilland-mosquito-kb206-cheddleton/
3.http://aircrewremembered.com/albertson-arthur.html
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Apr-2008 10:05	Nepa	Added
22-Feb-2010 10:31	NePa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
26-Nov-2010 04:59	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative]
30-Jan-2012 06:19	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Mar-2012 05:02	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
23-Jul-2013 01:11	angels one five	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
23-Jul-2013 01:19	angels one five	Updated [Location, Narrative]
13-Aug-2013 14:21	Nepa	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
04-Jun-2014 17:33	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative]
15-Jun-2014 18:45	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
16-Sep-2014 17:52	giggs	Updated [Location]
16-Sep-2014 17:53	Digger	Updated [Location, Narrative]
23-Sep-2015 07:32	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
30-Mar-2019 12:12	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
21-Mar-2020 14:58	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative]
07-Dec-2021 19:01	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Aug-2022 17:25	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-May-2023 18:10	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative]]