Date:	Thursday 9 September 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30
Owner/operator:	51 MU RAF
Registration:	RK945
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Brindley Heath, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

Narrative:
Mosquito RK945: Took off for a delivery flight from RAF Lichfield to RAF Shawbury. 09/09/1948.
During the flight, both engines failed due to fuel starvation, possibly due to incorrect action by the pilot of the procedures for switching fuel tanks. An attempt at a forced landing was made at Brindley Heath, on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. The pilot landed the aircraft on an even keel, but, after taking action to avoid some buildings, the tail was ripped off, the aircraft caught fire, and the pilot of No.4 Ferry Pool was killed.
Crew:
F/Lt (52650) William Henry WARWICK (pilot) RAF - killed

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/29/W2425: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578271
5. ORB 51 MU RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1508:
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101218
7. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1945-52.htm
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197660253/william-henry-warwick
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brindley_Heath

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Feb-2014 10:41	Nepa	Added
20-Feb-2014 09:21	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
20-May-2014 08:52	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
16-Sep-2014 15:09	Lorenzo Lamas	Updated [Location, Nature, Destination airport]
26-Jul-2015 12:20	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
03-Apr-2019 15:03	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
02-Dec-2019 18:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source]
02-Dec-2019 18:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Operator]
05-Jul-2021 10:21	Next	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jan-2022 11:47	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]