Date:	Monday 8 March 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	29 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RL122
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF stn West Malling, Maidstone, Kent, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Malling, Kent
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito RL122: Tookoff from RAF West Malling. 08/03/1948
During the take-off run, a swing to port developed, but the pilot did not take any corrective action until the aircraft had swung to port by 40 degrees. In applying differential power (as an attempt to correct the swing) the pilot allowed the Mosquito to swing back onto, and then across, the runway at RAF West Malling.
This made it necessary to attempt a further correction to avoid hitting a sodium runway lamp. At the point
the undercarriage failed and collapsed. The aircraft was deemed to be severely damaged Cat E2.
Crew: ???? Ok

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 by Colin Cummings.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 29 Sqdn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2406
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8419463
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Malling#Night_fighters,_1950s_and_1960s

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2014 10:24	Nepa	Added
31-Jul-2014 12:04	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Location, Narrative]
31-Jul-2015 10:20	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
09-Dec-2018 20:19	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-May-2019 21:02	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
18-Nov-2021 21:18	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]