Date:	Saturday 26 October 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	23 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RL146
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Benefield, North Northamptonshire, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire
Destination airport:	RAF Wittering
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RL146: Took off for training flight /Cross Country exercise 26/10/1946.
During the sortie, the port engine failed, and the starboard engine began to run roughly. The pilot decided to make a forced landing in a field at Benefield, but the plane overshot the intended landing field and collided with some trees.
The subsequent Board of Inquiry deemed that the cause of the incident was pilot error, in that the pilot failed to switch the fuel supply from the outer fuel tanks to the inner (main) fuel tanks, which caused engine failure due to fuel starvation to both engines
Crew:
P/O (????) LEONARD (pilot) RAF – Ok
???? (nav.) RAF - Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 23 Sqn RAF: AIR27/2403:
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505041
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
7. Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents.
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefield

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Feb-2014 10:52	Nepa	Added
11-Jul-2014 05:38	Route	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
08-Aug-2015 11:58	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
23-Jan-2016 12:37	J.Cryer	Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative]
21-Mar-2019 19:57	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
14-May-2019 18:30	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator]
18-Nov-2019 17:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 21:26	Nepa	Updated [Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
21-Nov-2019 10:33	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Jul-2021 17:06	Kulich	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
27-Aug-2021 21:41	TB	Updated [Date, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
18-Oct-2021 21:06	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-May-2023 08:41	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]
28-May-2023 17:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]
28-May-2023 20:10	Nepa	Updated [[[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]]
23-Sep-2023 22:06	Nepa	Updated [[[[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]]]