Date:	Tuesday 19 February 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30
Owner/operator:	54 OTU RAF
Registration:	NT558
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	0.5 km north of All Saints Church, Pitsford, Northamptonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF East Moor
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito NT558: Took off for training flight /cross country NAVEX exercise. 19/02/1946
From RAF East Moor, routed to Daventry, Ely, Driffield and returning to RAF East Moor. It was seen at 1,500ft having broken cloud and then it re-entered cloud whilst banked at a steep angle. It spun out of cloud again and crashed after pilot lost control when he could not regain a normal flying attitude in cloud. Spun into ground 300 yards north of All Saints Church, Church Lane, Pitsford. Both crew on board were killed
Crew: 
Sgt (574456) Alan Ronald Cameron AIRD (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (1605214) William Arthur GRAVES (nav.) RAFVR - killed

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 54 OTU RAF
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161027
4. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells:
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
6. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
8. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56462320/alan-ronald_cameron-aird
10. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56462578/william-arthur-graves
11. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=NT558
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Pitsford

All Saints Church, Pitsford, Northamptonshire, England - 300 yards from the crash site (photographed in June 2010)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Apr-2014 06:39	Nepa	Added
17-Sep-2014 20:25	Don Diego	Updated [Location, Departure airport]
10-Sep-2015 12:39	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
26-May-2019 16:17	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
26-May-2019 19:19	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
04-Nov-2019 22:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Nov-2019 08:49	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
09-Jan-2020 20:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
19-Feb-2020 21:45	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
08-Jun-2021 21:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Destination airport, Source]
09-Jun-2021 09:21	Anon.	Updated [Source, Operator]
15-Jun-2021 21:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
15-Jun-2021 22:24	Don Diego	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
16-Jun-2021 08:12	TB	Updated [Location, Operator]
16-Jun-2021 19:58	Kvit	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
02-Aug-2021 20:22	Next	Updated [Location, Operator]
02-Aug-2021 20:24	Anon.	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
28-Nov-2021 21:54	Nepa	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-May-2022 10:45	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
07-Jul-2023 20:57	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]
13-Jul-2023 18:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]
15-Jul-2023 08:24	Nepa	Updated [[[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]]