Date:	Wednesday 24 July 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	8 (C) OTU RAF
Registration:	RG115
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Chalgrove, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Chalgrove

Narrative:
Mosquito RG115: Took off for a training flight. 24/07/1946
The aircraft "ballooned" on landing back at base, and stalled on the ground. The port tyre then burst, causing the Mosquito to ground loop, the aircraft to swing off the runway, and the undercarriage collapsed.
Crew: ???? OK

8 OTU was formed on 18-5-42 at RAF Fraserburgh, by merging the Photographic Reconnaissance Conversion Flight of 3 School of General Reconnaissance, RAF Squires Gate and 'K' (Photographic Reconnaissance Advanced Training) Flight of 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (1PRU), RAF Detling. It was part of No. 17 Group Coastal Command. It trained aircrew on a wide range of photo-reconnaissance aircraft, including the Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito. It was disbanded when it became 237 OCU on 1-8-47

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 8 OTU RAF ORB: AIR 29/637:
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100346
4. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents.
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._237_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalgrove_Airfield#Royal_Air_Force_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jan-2014 14:05	Nepa	Added
21-May-2014 18:21	Nepa	Updated [Location]
08-Jul-2014 14:33	MiG23	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
21-Sep-2014 18:34	Glock G19	Updated [Location]
21-Aug-2015 19:44	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
31-Mar-2019 16:07	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jul-2021 17:50	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jul-2021 17:53	Anon.	Updated [Total fatalities, Operator]
28-Nov-2021 11:58	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
15-Jun-2023 00:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]]
15-Jun-2023 07:48	Nepa	Updated [[[Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]]]