Date:	Thursday 20 June 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	13 OTU RAF
Registration:	TA560
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Holbeach Drove, South Holland, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito TA560: Took off for cross-country flight /low level NAVEX exercise 20/06/1946
Aircraft was on an authorised low-level flight when it struck electric cables at twenty-six feet AGL (above ground level), and flew into ground at Holbeach Drove, South Holland, 5 miles east of Crowland, Lincolnshire. Aircraft flew into the ground and broke up on impact.
Crew:
F/O (168290) James Gordon DAVEY (pilot) RAFVR - killed.
F/O (166299) Peter Denis GARBUTT (nav.) RAFVR - killed

Holbeach Drove is a village in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles east from Crowland, and at the junction of the B1166 and the B1168 roads

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 13 OTU: RAF AIR29/651
3.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100360
4.http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1946
5.https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/fallen-alumni/flying-officer-peter-denis-garbutt
6.https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2427045/james-gordon-davey/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2407044/peter-denis-garbutt/
8. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p163
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=10913
10. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59358322/peter-denis-garbutt
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbeach_Drove

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-May-2014 17:52	Nepa	Added
07-Aug-2014 15:37	Holschtein	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Aug-2015 17:10	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location]
19-Nov-2017 09:00	nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2019 21:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2019 22:13	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]
20-Jul-2021 09:02	HB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Operator]
20-Jul-2021 20:51	TB	Updated [Operator]
24-Jul-2021 18:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, Category]
24-Jul-2021 18:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
26-Jul-2021 17:04	Vicktor	Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative, Operator]
26-Jul-2021 21:01	Siczak	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
28-May-2022 10:25	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Jun-2023 21:07	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative, Operator]]
22-Jun-2023 19:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]
22-Jun-2023 21:00	Nepa	Updated [[[[Source, Narrative, Operator]]]]