Date:	Friday 28 June 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	13 OTU RAF
Registration:	TA549
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Brawith Hall, Knayton 4 miles north of Thirsk, North Yorkshire England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito TA549: Took off for cross-country flight /NAVEX exercise 28/06/1946
The aircraft dived into the ground from an altitude of 2,000 feet, and caught fire on impact with the ground. It is believed that the pilot was performing (unauthorised?) aerobatics.
Crew: 
Kpt (ex.153.502) Ladislav ŠESTÁK (čs. pilot) ČsL - killed (ex. pilot RAF 311 Sqn)
Kpt Bohumil VOLF (čs. nav.) ČsL - killed 

In the period between May 1945 and March 1948, Czech personnel were training in the UK on RAF aircraft, and this arrangement continued until the communist take over of Czechoslovakia in March 1948.

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 13 OTU RAF:AIR29/651
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100360
4.Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
5.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
6.https://www.armedconflicts.com/De-Havilland-D-H-98-Mosquito-FB-Mk-VI-TA549-t237461
7.https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7532182/ladislav-sestak/
8.https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7532215/bohumil-volf/
9.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124693522/volf-bohumil
10.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124693274/ladislav-sestak
11. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=46858
12. https://acr.army.cz/acr/raf/cast/046.htm [Czech text]
13. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101260588-brawith-hall-knayton-with-brawith
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knayton_with_Brawith

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Feb-2010 10:23	NePa	Added
06-Feb-2012 08:08	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Sep-2014 20:08	Scout	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
17-Sep-2014 20:10	Scout	Updated [Narrative]
24-Aug-2015 17:06	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
01-Apr-2019 07:42	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
12-Nov-2019 22:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2019 22:44	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
20-Jul-2021 09:09	HB	Updated [Time, Source, Operator]
20-Jul-2021 20:48	Anon.	Updated [Source, Operator]
27-Jul-2021 23:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category]
28-Jul-2021 10:11	Next	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Jul-2021 10:13	TB	Updated [Location, Operator]
28-Jul-2021 16:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
28-Jul-2021 16:44	TyBlBe	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator]
08-Aug-2021 19:28	Tu104	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
28-May-2022 10:19	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
19-Jun-2023 08:16	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]
22-Jun-2023 01:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]
22-Jun-2023 21:23	Nepa	Updated [[[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]]