Date:	Thursday 30 September 1948
Time:	12:30
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk 34
Owner/operator:	540 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RG311
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Roke, 1.5 miles north-west of RAF stn Benson, Oxfordshire England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Benson, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Benson

Narrative:
Mosquito RG311: Took off at 12:15 hrs for Training navigation flight. 30/09/1948.
The starboard engine failed in flight due to a disconnected pipe from coolant to the header tank, which caused the glycol coolant to leak away, leading to overheating in the starboard engine. The pilot feathered the starboard engine, then made a single-engine approach to RAF Benson, with the port engine only. However, he was too high on the approach, but he could not abandon the approach, as the aircraft's airspeed was already below the critical stalling speed for a single-engine approach
At 12:30 hrs the Mosquito bellylanded in a field near Roke, one-and-a-half miles North West of RAF Benson.
Crew:
F/Lt (59596) John William BUCKLEY (pilot) RAF - Ok.
F/Lt (187104) Anthony Geoffrey SHINGLES DFC (nav.) RAF - Ok

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
3.ORB 540 Sqn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2500/36:
4.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422848
5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._540_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roke

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2014 08:44	Nepa	Added
13-Jul-2014 14:50	Froome	Updated [Location, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 12:10	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
24-Dec-2018 17:28	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
02-May-2019 20:46	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
20-Nov-2019 10:10	Nepa	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Nov-2021 22:41	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]