Date:	Tuesday 15 June 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:	540 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VL624
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Send, near Guildford, Surrey, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito VL624: Took off f for an extended air test. 15/06/1948
During the flight the port engine failed. In error, the pilot closed down the (perfectly serviceable) starboard engine, leaving the Mosquito without any working engines.
The pilot then attempted to make an immediate forced landing in a field at Send, Surrey, but the aircraft struck trees, crash landed and caught fire on impact. The Mosquito was burnt out.
Crew: ???? serious injuries.

Send is a village and civil parish in the Guildford borough of the English county of Surrey., located six-and-a-half miles north east of Guildford and three miles south of Woking on the A247.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. El Tiempo 16 June 1948, p8
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
4. ORB 540 Sqdn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2500/28:
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422840
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VL
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._540_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send,_Surrey

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Oct-2013 13:49	Nepa	Added
17-Apr-2014 18:30	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2014 12:37	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
03-May-2014 11:20	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
29-Aug-2014 13:50	MUDr. Roup	Updated [Location, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 10:49	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
25-Dec-2018 19:27	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Oct-2021 11:52	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]