Date:	Tuesday 14 September 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35
Owner/operator:	CBE RAF
Registration:	TK649
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF stn Marham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Marham
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito TK649: Took off for Air Test & Test Maximum Climb, 14/09/1948.
Starboard engine failed after a connecting rod broke in the engine, and then the engine caught fire at 38,000 ft. Engine would not feather, and fire could not be extinguished.
The Mosquito crash landed in field adjacent to RAF Marham, Norfolk. Aircraft was landed "wheels down", but could not reach RAF Marham. Undercarriage collapsed on touchdown, sustaining severe damage to the underside. Fire took hold, aircraft burnt out, but both crew survived uninjured.
Crew:
F/Lt (136436) Reginald Samuel SAILES (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Lt (49683) Robert CURRIE (nav.) RAF - Ok

The subsequent Board of Inquiry awarded the pilot Flt Lt Sailes a commendation for his handling of the situation, and for saving the lives of his navigator and himself.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. Flt Lt Robert Currie Navigator's Log Book
3. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
5. Final Landings A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 - 1949
6. ORB Central Bomber Establishment RAF : National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1312:
7. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101022
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Marham#Cold_War_(1946%E2%80%931982)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-May-2014 19:24	Nepa	Added
31-Jul-2014 12:19	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 12:22	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
16-Nov-2016 06:59	I currie	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
07-Oct-2017 20:04	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2017 20:04	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2017 16:37	I Currie	Updated [Source, Narrative]
02-May-2019 20:47	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Operator]
14-Jul-2021 20:16	Next	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Sep-2022 12:40	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]