Date:	Saturday 23 August 1947
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn RAF
Registration:	VP350
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VP350: Took off for training flight. 23/08/1947.
The plane crashed on take-off from RAF Hucknall. The pilot F/O Dick Green suffered fatal injuries when a Mosquito T3 night-fighter trainer crashed on take-off at RAF Hucknall, Notts, on the afternoon of August 23rd 1947. His navigator, F/Lt Edgar Southall DFC, was injured and spent a fortnight in hospital in Nottingham."
Crew:
F/O (166745) Richard "Dick" Geoffrey Knowles GREEN (pilot) RAFO - killed
F/Lt (168973) Edgar SOUTHALL DFC (nav.) RAF - injured

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 504 Sqn RAF: AIR27/2497:
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505135
4. Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
6. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85538047/richard-geoffrey_knowles-green
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records.
9. https://sheffieldwarmemorials.weebly.com/city-road-cemetery.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._504_Squadron_RAF#Into_the_jet_age
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hucknall_Aerodrome#Postwar_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Oct-2013 08:54	Nepa	Added
20-Jul-2014 14:37	Repac	Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location]
24-Oct-2014 15:14	Tu144	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 20:01	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
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13-Aug-2021 21:37	SD	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]
27-Aug-2022 22:12	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
10-May-2023 20:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]
10-May-2023 20:44	Nepa	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]
28-Aug-2023 08:43	Nepa	Updated [[[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]]