Date:	Thursday 1 November 1951
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	204 AFS RAF
Registration:	VA923
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Saleby, 1.5 miles SE of RAF stn Strubby, Lincolnshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF ????
Destination airport:	RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VA923: Took off for Training flight. 01/11/1951
Engine cut during single-engined approach 1,5 miles SE of RAF Strubby. The aircraft was first seen flying on an assymmetric (single engined) approach to RAF Strubby, with one engine feathered. During final approach at a distance of two miles out from the airfield, the remaining "live" engine failed, and the aircraft was wrecked when it force landed/ belly landed short of the airfield at RAF Strubby.
Crew: ???? OK

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 204 AFS RAF (Operations Record Book)
3.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4.Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings.

5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162855
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1951
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleby

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Oct-2013 09:32	Nepa	Added
13-Jun-2014 10:32	Nepa	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source]
23-Jul-2015 19:15	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Narrative]
27-Aug-2015 19:31	Next	Updated [Location]
15-Mar-2019 18:45	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
13-Feb-2021 16:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
13-Feb-2021 20:36	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
14-Feb-2021 00:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
26-Sep-2021 22:43	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]