Date:	Friday 13 May 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	CFS RAF
Registration:	VA886
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Farmington, 6 mi SW of RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VA886: Took off for Training flight. 13/05/1949:
Engine cut after take-off hit wall in forced landing near Farmington, six miles South West of base.
The crew was simulating an engine failure on takeoff and feathered the port engine. Immediately the starboard engine failed and caught fire because of a fracture of the connecting rods to both right and left No.4 cylinders puncturing of the crankcase and extensive damaged to the sump. Crew landed the aircraft straight ahead but it struck a wall and killed several cattle
Crew:
F/Lt ???? J.G. CROSSHOW (pilot) RAF - OK
Lt.(A) M.W. RUDOLPH (pilot) FAA RN - OK

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB CFS RAF
3.Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999
4.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101497
5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Little_Rissington#Central_Flying_School:_1946_to_1976
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VA
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmington,_Gloucestershire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Oct-2013 10:20	Nepa	Added
19-Oct-2013 10:26	Nepa	Updated [Date]
21-Sep-2014 19:13	Earl	Updated [Location, Narrative]
19-Mar-2015 17:01	yarbi	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 09:59	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
02-May-2019 20:18	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
02-May-2019 20:18	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
02-May-2019 20:19	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
14-May-2019 06:54	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator]
14-May-2019 06:56	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
29-Nov-2019 16:54	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
20-Aug-2021 21:47	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
10-Jul-2023 08:59	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]]