Date:	Sunday 11 August 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:	540 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RG241
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Bowmere Heath, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire.
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito RG241/K: Engine cut after take-off, and aircraft belly landing at Bowmere Heath. 11/08/1946.
The starboard engine failed at 400 feet after take-off from RAF Shawbury, Shropshire. The pilot force landed the Mosquito with the undercarriage raised, and the airframe weas extensively damaged.
Of the three persons on board, two (the pilot and navigator) were uninjured, but the third (a passenger) was seriously injured.
Crew: ???? RAF - Ok
and ???? (passenger) ??? - seriously injured.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 540 Sqn RAF
3. Halley, James Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells.
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422829
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210758
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1861-May-13-1944.
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomere_Heath

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jan-2014 18:51	Nepa	Added
30-May-2014 14:15	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport]
13-Jul-2014 14:54	Lotos	Updated [Narrative]
17-Sep-2014 20:02	Siczak	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Narrative]
17-Aug-2015 13:45	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
26-Dec-2018 10:33	Nepa	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Nov-2019 23:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
16-Nov-2019 23:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
17-Nov-2019 11:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Feb-2020 21:58	Nepa	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Operator]
01-Aug-2021 09:53	Anon.	Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator]
01-Aug-2021 09:55	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
09-Oct-2021 11:29	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Jan-2022 16:13	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
12-Jun-2023 16:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]
12-Jun-2023 17:55	Nepa	Updated [[[Narrative, Operator]]]