Date:	Tuesday 10 February 1953
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	58 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VA927
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ewelme, west of RAF stn Benson, South Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Calibration/Inspection
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito VA927: Took off for Calibration of the GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) equipment at the airbase. 10/02/1953
During the calibration the pilot climbed above low cloud cover. In an attempt to stay below cloud, the pilot descended through a gap in the clouds, but found himself at a very low altitude, flying towards some tall trees. The pilot then checked the rate of descent, and banked to starboard, but found himself in a "bowl" of rising ground on all three sides. Unable to find a way out, the aircraft banked to port, and then flew into the rising ground at Ewelme, Oxfordshire.
Crew:
F/O (582493) Arthur Ian Hugh MORTON (pilot) RAF - Killed
F/O (582883) Robert Gerald JARVIS (nav.) RAF - Killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 58 Sqdn RAF
3.http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VA
4. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings.
5. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells.
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439772
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewelme

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III VA927 as "FMO-B" of 204 AFS (Advanced Flying School) RAF:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Oct-2013 09:18	Nepa	Added
29-Aug-2014 13:56	MUDr. Roup	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Narrative]
21-Jul-2015 16:34	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
02-Oct-2015 08:21	T.T.Taylor	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Feb-2019 21:08	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
13-Apr-2021 15:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
13-Apr-2021 15:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
14-Apr-2021 22:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
20-Apr-2021 21:13	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
21-Apr-2021 09:55	Anon.	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
12-Jul-2021 18:06	HB	Updated [Time, Source, Operator]
25-Aug-2021 08:56	TB	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]
25-Aug-2021 08:57	TB	Updated [Location, Operator]