Date:	Saturday 4 September 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	29 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RL192
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	one mile east of RAF stn West Malling, Maidstone, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF West Malling, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF West Malling
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RL192: Took off for Training flight. 04/09/1948.
The aircraft was participating in an air defence exercise, and was returning to base (RAF West Malling) at the end of the assigned patrol. Despite an instruction by ATC (Air traffic Control) at RAF West Malling to maintain altitude at 1,500 feet agl (above ground level), the pilot descended through cloud, in an attempt to get a visual 'fix' on his position. However, due to low cloud, the plane flew into the ground one mile west of base.
Crew:
P.II (1815768) Ronald Frederick COPPER (pilot) RAF - killed
N.II (1573633) Edgar Donaldson Pemberton McCOLL (nav.) 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 by Colin Cummings p.472
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 29 Sqn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2406
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8419463
5. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/ronald-frederick-copper-24-gcxbp2
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198031158/edgar-donaldson_pemberton-mccoll
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Malling#Night_fighters,_1950s_and_1960s
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Malling

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2014 16:45	Nepa	Added
31-Jul-2014 12:16	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Location, Narrative]
31-Jul-2014 12:17	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Location]
26-Jul-2015 12:18	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
09-Dec-2018 20:35	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]
13-May-2019 20:09	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator]
08-Aug-2021 19:47	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Operator]
07-Feb-2022 23:32	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
15-Aug-2023 18:03	Nepa	Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]]