Date:	Friday 8 February 1952
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	204 AFS RAF
Registration:	RF966
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Mill Farm,Weston Bamfylde,0,5 mile SE of Sparkford, Somerset, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RF966: Took off for Training flight. 08/02/1952
Destroyed when crashed at Mill Farm, Weston Bamfylde, half a mile south east of Sparkford, Somerset, when the starboard engine failed and the propeller was feathered. When the port egnie throttle was opened, this engine did not provide the required additional power, and both crew therefore decided to abandon the aircraft. The Mosquito exploded on impact.
Crew:
P/O (4042403) George Alexander IRONSIDE (pilot) RAF: OK
P/O (3058107) Charles George WILKINSON (nav.) RAF: OK

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 204 AFS RAF
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. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II By Peter Forrester
6. Western Gazette 9 February 1952
7. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162855
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkford

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Dec-2009 22:37	NePa	Added
19-Oct-2013 09:59	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Aug-2014 13:43	MUDr. Roup	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-Jul-2015 19:58	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source]
30-Nov-2018 20:20	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
18-Apr-2019 18:35	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
26-Feb-2021 19:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2021 20:10	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2021 16:41	TB	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]