Date:	Friday 1 March 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 30
Owner/operator:	264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration:	NT440
MSN:	VA-C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Horsham St.Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire

Narrative:
Mosquito NT440/C: Tookoff for return from a training flight back to RAF Church Fenton. 01/03/1946
Immediately after take off, the port engine began to overspeed. The pilot reacted by closing down the engine and feathering the propeller. Height could not been maintained on one engine only, and so the pilot turned back to make a forced landing on the perimeter track at RAF Horsham St.Faith.
Crew:
F/Lt (169022) Wilfred "Andy" Handel MILLER DFC (pilot) RAFVR - OK
F/O ( 145550) Reginald Alfred WILBY (nav.) RAFVR - Ok

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 264 Sqdn RAF
3. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999
4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422563
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF#Postwar_operations
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_the_United_Kingdom

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Apr-2014 07:05	Nepa	Added
30-Jul-2014 19:05	Next	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
03-Jan-2015 07:30	Erectus	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
22-Aug-2015 19:23	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
30-Sep-2015 10:52	Juan P.Paco	Updated [Narrative]
21-Jan-2019 09:51	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Jun-2021 23:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
17-Jun-2021 23:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
18-Jun-2021 08:24	Next	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
12-Nov-2021 18:11	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
09-Jul-2023 17:40	Nepa	Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]