Date:	Monday 6 December 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:	9 MU RAF
Registration:	RG295
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Cosford, Shropshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Cosford, Shropshire
Destination airport:	RAF Cosford
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RG295: Took off for a post maintenance Test flight 06/12/1948.
The port engine cut on take-off and crash-landed at RAF Cosford., and the pilot feathered both engines. The Mosquito was then landed 'straight ahead', with the undercarriage fully 'down and locked'. The aircraft failed to stop when it reached the end of the runway, went through the perimeter fence, and came to a halt in a field of sugar beet. Both crew survived unhurt.
Crew: 
F/Lt (143384) Henry David COSTAIN (test pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt Thomas HARGREAVES (fitter/pass.) RAF - Ok

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 9 MU RAF Cosford ORB
3.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
4.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101169
6.http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1945-52.htm
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RG295
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cosford#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Feb-2014 10:07	Nepa	Added
31-Jul-2014 12:33	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 11:01	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
22-Apr-2016 18:01	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
03-Apr-2019 15:01	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Narrative, Operator]
26-May-2019 14:37	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Dec-2019 08:37	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
30-Jan-2022 11:57	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]