Date:	Thursday 28 November 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	16 OTU RAF
Registration:	RR293
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Thistleton, 1.5 miles north of RAF Cottesmore, County Rutland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Cottesmore, Rutland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito RR293 Flew into ground at night in bad visibility near Thistleton, one and a half miles north of RAF Cottesmore. 28/11/1946. Crew had become lost, and were flying at very low altitude in conditions of poor visibility trying to obtain a visual 'fix' in order to locate RAF Cottesmore. Both crew on board killed
Crew: 
Flt/Lt (170467) Malcolm Henry Graham MacLUCAS (pilot instructor) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1315095 Commission Gazetted: Tuesday 29 February, 1944)
Pilot IV (3040757) Anthony Charles TAYLOR (pilot pupil) RAFVR - killed

Malcolm Henry Graham Maclucas: Born in Axbridge, Devon, Cornwall, Scilly. Dorset, Somerset on Jun 1921 to Malcolm Henry MacLucas and Winifred May Pickett. Malcolm Henry Graham Maclucas passed away on 27 November 1946 in Oakham, Rutland, England.

Thistleton is the most northerly village in the county of Rutland, and a civil parish, in the East Midlands of England.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 16 OTU RAF
3. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents.
4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.104: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
6. http://connect.nottinghamhigh.co.uk/items/show/423
7. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=31599
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54556603/malcolm-henry_graham-maclucas
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2691677/malcolm-henry-graham-maclucas/
10. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141815066/anthony-charles-taylor
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2409338/anthony-charles-taylor/
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistleton

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Feb-2014 07:45	Nepa	Added
07-Aug-2014 17:19	Victor	Updated [Location]
24-Oct-2014 17:11	Thomas Fuk	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Narrative]
06-Aug-2015 18:56	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
31-Mar-2019 14:01	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
18-Nov-2019 18:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 18:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
18-Nov-2019 21:01	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
20-Jun-2021 23:28	TB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
20-Aug-2021 20:33	SD	Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Aug-2022 17:10	Rob Davis	Updated [Narrative]
25-May-2023 14:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Narrative]]