Date:	Tuesday 5 November 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	16 OTU RAF
Registration:	RR289
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Cottesmore, County Rutland, East Midlands, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Barford St John, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Cottesmore, Rutland

Narrative:
Mosquito RR289: Took off for a training flight. 05/11/1946
Lost height and bellylanded on single-engine overshoot RAF Cottesmore. The pilot attempted a single engine overshot at RAF Cottesmore, but in doing so selected the wrong flap setting, with the result that the Mosquito failed to gain altitude or airspeed. The aircraft then stalled at a low altitude, and belly landed outside of the airfield boundary.
Crew:
F/Lt (55132) Cyril George LEWIS (pilot) RAF: Ok
F/Lt (126511) Cecil Gordon JONES (2nd pilot) RAFVR: Ok

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 16 OTU RAF
3. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents.
4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1946-49.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Barford_St_John
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cottesmore#Post-war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Jan-2012 11:30	Uli Elch	Added
05-Jan-2012 14:46	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type]
06-Jan-2012 02:22	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type]
10-Nov-2019 15:20	TB	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-May-2023 17:00	Nepa	Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]]
27-May-2023 11:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]]]
27-May-2023 18:02	Nepa	Updated [[[[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]]]]
09-Jul-2023 10:51	Nepa	Updated [[[[[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]]]]]