Date:	Tuesday 24 August 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	CFE RAF
Registration:	RL254
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Mildenhall, Brandon, Suffolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Mildenhall (MHZ/EGUN)

Narrative:
Mosquito RL254: Took off for a Training flight. 24/08/1948
The port engine failed due to the coolant leaking away, and the pilot feathered the port engine to try and prevent overheating and seizing. The starboard engine failed shortly afterwards (for unknown reasons). The pilot then returned immediately to base (RAF Mildenhall) to make a wheels-up belly landing on the airfield.
Crew: ???? Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings.
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. ORB CFE RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1349:
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101059
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Fighter_Establishment

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Feb-2014 16:36	Nepa	Added
28-May-2014 15:06	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport]
31-Jul-2015 09:53	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
18-May-2019 05:25	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
14-Jul-2021 19:51	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
25-Aug-2021 10:20	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]