Date:	Wednesday 10 December 1947
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 1
Owner/operator:	64 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PX282
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire

Narrative:
Hornet F1 PX282/'SH-B', 64 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10.12.47 when crashed on final approach to RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire. The aircraft had taken off from Linton-on-Ouse for a local weather reconnaissance sortie

During the final stages of the approach to land, the pilot allowed the aircraft's airspeed to fall below the critical stalling speed. The aircraft stalled, dived into the ground, and was burnt out after catching fire on impact. The pilot was killed.

Crew:
F/O (196541) Charles COWOOD (pilot, aged 23) RAFVR - killed on active service 10-12-47, buried at City Road Cemetery, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

The subsequent Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the incident to pilot error; the pilot was momentarily distracted when the flap lever jammed during the final approach to Linton-on-Ouse.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH103%20prodn%20list.txt
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p.355
5. 64 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-6-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/2427/37: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8420252
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2413514/charles-cowood/
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?25095-471210-Unaccounted-Airmen-10-12-1947&highlight=COWOOD&p=145177#post145177
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._64_Squadron_RAF#1940_to_1967
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Linton-on-Ouse#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jun-2018 08:27	Nepa	Added
05-May-2023 15:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated