Date:	Wednesday 11 August 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	98 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PF607
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Shawbury, Shropshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

Narrative:
Mosquito VT589: Took off for a Training sortie 11/8/1948
Crashed at RAF Shawbury, Shropshire. The aircraft made several abandoned attempts to land in adverse weather conditions at RAF Shawbury. When a landing was finally attempted, the Mosquito touched down more than half way along the runway. The aircraft then ran almost to the end of the runway, at which point the pilot intentionally swung the aircraft off the runway to prevent it from running off the end of the runway. However, this caused sufficient stress on the undercarriage for it the collapse. Both crew survived with injuries
Crew:
F/Lt (166654) Roger Leslie TOPP (pilot) RAF: injured
F/Lt (166899) Gerald David FULLER (nav.) RAF: injured 

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
3. ORB 98 Sqn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2445:
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505083
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._98_Squadron_RAF#Cold_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Shawbury#Postwar

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Aug-2013 21:40	JINX	Added
30-Sep-2013 10:48	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Source]
30-May-2014 10:45	Nepa	Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
31-Jul-2014 12:15	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Location, Source]
31-Jul-2015 09:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
07-Jan-2019 20:29	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
01-Oct-2021 22:13	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
03-Oct-2021 18:24	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
03-Oct-2021 18:56	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]