Date:	Friday 22 April 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	CGS RAF
Registration:	RS521
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, 4 miles south of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito RS521: Took off for a Training flight. 22/04/1949 
The pilot, who was a student undertaking the Pilot Attack Instructors' Course, was making a practice attack against a target aircraft. In pulling away from the target, the pilot is believed to have used the elevators harshly, and the Mosquito RS521 broke apart in flight, and crashed into the North Sea, 4 miles south of Spurn Head, East Yorkshire. Of the two crew, one was killed, and one survived
Crew:
F/O (59231) John HOPE (pilot) RAF - killed
???? (nav.) RAF - injured

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB Central Gunnery School RAF
3.CWGC
4.Halley,James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells.
5.Final Landings: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cumming
6.Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2014 18:30	Nepa	Added
29-Sep-2014 13:42	Thomas Fuk	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 10:13	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
11-Mar-2019 19:48	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-May-2019 20:20	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
27-Sep-2021 15:57	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-May-2023 17:59	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]