Date:	Sunday 1 July 1945
Time:	15:55
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	16 OTU RAF
Registration:	W4053
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Barford St.John, Oxfordshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Barford St.John, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Barford St.John

Narrative:
Mosquito W4053: Took off for a Training flight /demonstration in single engined flying procedures. 01/07/1945
Landed at 15:55 hrs, but at high speed wiht one propeller feathered.The aircraft with it swung at landing.
The Pilot performed an emergency was undercarriage retracte but the plane collided with a tree.
Crew:
F/O (159575) William James MEPHAM DFC (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1385963 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 30 November, 1943)
Lt.(A) William George ADDISON-SCOTT (pilot u/t) RNVR - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.https://aviationresearch.my-free.website/16-operational-training-unit-1940-1945
3.ORB 16 OTU RAF
4.CWGC
5.London Gazette: Tuesday 30 November 1943
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-May-2008 01:20	Nepa	Added
17-Feb-2010 02:39	NePa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
28-Jan-2012 14:23	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Jun-2014 14:32	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
12-Jun-2014 14:33	Nepa	Updated [Narrative]
28-Apr-2015 09:49	Roup	Updated [Location, Narrative]
10-Sep-2015 20:12	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
26-May-2019 14:55	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
05-Dec-2021 13:32	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Dec-2021 13:34	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 17:26	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]