Date:	Friday 25 January 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	13 OTU RAF
Registration:	TA502
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	field off Adelaide Bank, Shildon, County Durham, at East Beanery Farm -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hampstead Norris, Berkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham

Narrative:
Mosquito TA502: Took off for training flight. 25/01/1946
Destroyed due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight into Terrain) accident when crashed in a field adjacent to Adelaide Bank, Shildon, Co. Durham in bad weather, after aircraft descended through cloud and struck high ground. Both crew on board were killed as they returned to base from a cross-country training exercise.
Crew: 
Flt/Lt (153364) Donald Derek MORRISON (pilot) RAFVR - killed. Aged 22, born in Scotland, his father was pre-war a successful ex-pat rice exporter in Rangoon. Donald joined the RAF in 1943.
F/O (167958) Walter John COCKERILL (navigator) RAFVR - killed. Aged 21, from Northamptonshire.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 13 OTU RAF
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100360
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
4. http://www.francisfrith.com/shildon/plane-crash_memory-198181
5. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
7.CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead.
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59788957/donald-derek-morrison
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TA502
10. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/flying-officer-cockerill-walter-john.55939/
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shildon#Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Feb-2014 18:47	Nepa	Added
07-Aug-2014 14:18	Holschtein	Updated [Location, Narrative]
10-Sep-2015 11:38	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport]
02-May-2019 21:41	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
03-Nov-2019 21:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Nov-2019 21:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
04-Nov-2019 14:23	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
19-Feb-2020 22:21	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
31-May-2021 21:20	wifi	Updated [Source, Operator]
01-Jun-2021 20:13	Anon.	Updated [Operator]
03-Jun-2021 19:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
04-Jun-2021 11:56	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
06-Jun-2021 08:34	Anon.	Updated [Location, Operator]
06-Jun-2021 08:35	TB	Updated [Location, Operator]
12-Jun-2021 21:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
21-Jun-2021 15:42	Next	Updated [Time, Source, Operator]
21-Jun-2021 15:46	Next	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-Nov-2021 21:18	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-May-2022 11:03	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Jul-2023 14:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]
22-Jul-2023 16:32	Nepa	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]
05-Nov-2023 14:39	Paul Allonby	Updated [Location, Narrative]