Date:	Saturday 10 March 1945
Time:	22:10
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	16 OTU RAF
Registration:	LR526
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Upper Heyford

Narrative:
Mosquito LR526: Took off at 21:48 hrs for Training solo night flying. 10/03/1945
At 22:10 hrs and whilst approaching the runway, control of the pilot was lost and the plane dived into the ground short of the runway the base. The wreckage, spread over an acre, was not found until the following day, lying 8,000 yards from the threshold of the 280/100 runway.
Crew:
F/Lt (125998) John Coulter BLAIR (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1086902 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 18 August, 1942)

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.Henk Welting's Database
5.CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Jun-2012 03:50	Nepa	Added
01-Jun-2014 15:15	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
18-Jan-2015 09:05	MiG17	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative]
21-Sep-2015 11:27	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
20-Oct-2019 20:18	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
01-Dec-2021 18:39	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
04-Aug-2022 07:39	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]