Date:	Sunday 1 April 1945
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	PRDU RAF
Registration:	MM328
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	over Southrop, near RAF stn Fairford, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito MM328: Took off for test flight / test of a GEC Auto Pilot. 01/04/1945
The aircraft broke up in air during auto-pilot trials over Southrop. Pilot lost control in the clouds,
the aircraft entered a high speed dive and broke up. The plane crashed at Southrop aerodrome.
The crew was conduction a test GEC Auto Pilot, but apparently lost control in the cloud.
Crew:
F/Lt (47726) John Leicester Hazell RICHARDS (US pilot) RAF - killed
F/O (134972) Williams Ernest ROBINSON (electrical officer /pass.) RAFVR - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB Benson RAF
3.National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/24/W2124
4.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578009
5.http://www. Photo-Recce Development Unit Royal Air Force (PRDU RAF)
6. https://www.cwgc.org

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-May-2012 09:28	Nepa	Added
01-Aug-2014 10:00	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
18-Sep-2014 21:24	Wilbur	Updated [Location]
09-Feb-2015 19:00	QQ3	Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2015 17:18	Iwosh	Updated [Location]
23-Sep-2015 19:15	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Jan-2016 10:21	T.T.Taylor	Updated [Nature, Narrative]
06-May-2019 15:54	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
09-Dec-2020 19:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Dec-2020 18:00	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Dec-2023 12:10	Nepa	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]