Date:	Monday 18 November 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration:	TV968
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Longdike Lane, Kippax, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito TV968: Took off for test flight. 18/11/1946.
Engine caught fire, and aircraft crashed near the B5137 Longdike Lane, Kippax, near Leeds. The plane was in normal flight when starboard engine caught fire and the Mosquito crashed/force landed in a field at Kippax, destroying it. The subsequent blaze spready to the rest of the plane and completely gutted the airframe.
Crew:
W/O (1609071) Anthony Harry JOHNSON (pilot) RAFVR - OK
LAC (????) CHALMERS (pass. /stn photographer) RAFVR - OK

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 264 Sqdn RAF: AIR27/2490/15
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422567
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells.
7. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kippax,_West_Yorkshire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Jan-2012 11:17	Nepa	Added
28-Jan-2012 12:06	Nepa	Updated [Source]
02-Feb-2014 06:42	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Sep-2014 13:04	weeks	Updated [Location, Narrative]
05-Aug-2015 17:57	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
21-Jan-2019 10:08	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
02-May-2019 21:24	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
11-Oct-2019 08:16	Anon.	Updated [Location, Departure airport]
18-Nov-2019 02:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 11:12	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Jul-2021 17:02	Anon.	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
12-Nov-2021 18:14	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Aug-2022 07:28	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
16-Sep-2022 16:18	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-May-2023 15:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]
25-May-2023 16:40	Nepa	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]