Date:	Friday 26 September 1952
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	199 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RL189
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Hemswell, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RL189: Took off for training flight /Trg local flying.. 26/09/1952
Crashed after suffering engine failure on take off at RAF Hemswell. Hit tree and DBR.
The crew had landed back after completing a cross country navigation exercise, and the pilot cleared both engines before taking off for further local flying. The Mosquito made a normal takeoff but the port engine failed before safely speed had been achieved. The aircraft then yawed, lost altitude during corrective action and struck a tree. The power loss to the port engine was attributed to a magneto failure, which the pilot should have checked before starting the take off run
Crew:
F/O (579582) Eric James READ (pilot) RAF - killed.
F/O (189.0361) Herbert Roy JONES (nav.) RAF - killed

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 199 Sqdn RAF
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/117.
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424238
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2597.
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578443
7. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8432263
8. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1952
9. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
10. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells.
11. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 297

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2014 16:42	Nepa	Added
29-Jul-2014 13:52	Lotos	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
10-Dec-2014 10:52	Koumes	Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
21-Jul-2015 19:20	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
13-Oct-2015 16:43	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
23-Aug-2016 04:15	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
23-Aug-2016 04:15	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
03-Oct-2017 06:08	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative]
15-Mar-2019 16:27	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Operator]
29-Dec-2019 19:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2019 19:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
18-Feb-2020 21:33	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
25-Aug-2021 08:59	TB	Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator]
04-Apr-2024 11:09	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]