Date:	Monday 8 March 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	9 MU RAF
Registration:	VL731
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Cosford, Shropshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cosford, Shropshire
Destination airport:	RAF Cosford

Narrative:
Mosquito VL731: Took off for an Air Test. 08/03/1948
During the flight, the Mosquito experienced an engine failure. The pilot abandoned the first attempted landing back at base, but then lost control during the overshot. He then made a second attempt at landing back at RAF Cosford, this time with the undercarriage retracted. Mosquito VL731 made a successful wheels-up landing at Cosford, although the damage sustained to the underside of the airframe were sufficient to render the aircraft as "damaged beyond repair".
The crew: ???? Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB Cosford RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR28/1172:
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4099176
4. ORB 9 MU RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew): File Air 29/1459:
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101169
6. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
7. Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain
8. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p 379
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cosford#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Nov-2021 21:30	Nepa	Added [Operator]
10-Sep-2022 15:15	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, Operator]