Date:	Friday 4 February 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration:	RL143
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea near Paston Ranges, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito RL143: Took off for Training flight /Air-to-sea firing exercise. 04/02/1949
The aircraft was recovering from dive, hit sea with tail and disintegrated. Pilot pulled out of dive too late on air-to-sea firing at Paston Ranges, Norfolk, killing both crew on board. Bodies of both pilots recovered by ship.
Crew:
P/O (3002038) Keith Douglas COX (pilot) RAF - killed
AC2 (2374773) Ivan Geoffrey BELCHER (pass.) RAF - killed

Paston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of North Walsham and 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south-east of Cromer. It is 19.2 miles (30.9 km) north-east of the city of Norwich. The village sits astride the coast road between Mundesley and Bacton

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.El Tiempo 5 February 1949
5.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2490/15: 6.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422567
7.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184838742/keith-douglas-cox
8.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paston,_Norfolk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2014 10:49	Nepa	Added
20-Feb-2014 10:56	Nepa	Updated [Registration]
24-Apr-2014 19:56	TB	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2014 12:52	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
12-May-2014 18:19	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport]
29-Aug-2014 14:21	King	Updated [Location, Narrative]
04-Jan-2015 15:16	Siczak	Updated [Total fatalities, Nature, Embed code, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 10:36	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
07-Aug-2015 19:30	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Embed code]
17-Nov-2015 19:50	Thomas Fuk	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source]
06-Jul-2019 22:32	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
12-Nov-2021 18:22	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]