Date:	Wednesday 17 September 1947
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	2 APS RAF
Registration:	VT587
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VT587: Took off training flying/rehearsing for Battle of Britain display. 17/09/1947.
Crashed after control lost during low roll at RAF Acklington and the aircraft dived into the ground, killing the two crew. This aircraft was rehearsing for Battle of Britain display and a commentary was being broadcast over the station Tannoy system.
Crew:
F/Lt (50808) Desmond Cody BYRNE (pilot) RAF: killed
F/O (203685) Charles JOHNSON M.B., B.S. (pass./stn medical officer) RAFVR: killed


According to a contemporary local newspaper report ("The Hartlepool Mail" of September 19th 1947) which reported the inquest into their deaths:
"CORONER & ‘TOO LOW’ AEROBATICS
The question of whether aerobatics were justified when carried out at a height that left no margin for safety was raised by the Coroner for North Northumberland, Mr. Hugh J. Percy, at the inquest at Acklington R.A.F. station today on the two victims of a plane crash there on Wednesday.
They were F/Lt. Desmond Cody Byrne, of Kenton, Middlesex, and F/O Charles Johnson, the station medical officer, of Sunderland Road, South Shields.
A verdict of “accidental death from multiple bodily injuries” was recorded.
Flying Officer G. Sharrett said the aircraft, a Mosquito, had just carried out a roll when the port engine feathered and the plane skidded violently.
The manoeuvre was being carried out at about 1,000 ft in preparation for a Battle of Britain display tomorrow, but he considered 4,000 ft the minimum safety margin."

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
4. ORB Armament Practice Station RAF Acklington : AIR29/1296:
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101006
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2809792/desmond-cody-byrne/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2838265/charles-johnson/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acklington#Postwar_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Feb-2014 09:17	Nepa	Added
31-May-2014 16:34	Nepa	Updated [Phase, Nature]
31-Jul-2014 08:34	Scout	Updated [Location, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 16:53	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
03-Jun-2017 15:19	whiteej	Updated [Narrative]
09-Jun-2017 14:21	whiteej	Updated [Narrative]
09-Jun-2017 14:54	whiteej	Updated [Narrative]
21-Sep-2017 17:49	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Narrative]
29-Jun-2019 06:08	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
29-Jun-2019 09:53	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
09-Aug-2021 21:18	SF	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
29-Aug-2022 22:23	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
09-May-2023 17:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]
09-May-2023 20:24	Nepa	Updated [[[Narrative, Operator]]]