Date:	Monday 8 July 1946
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito T Mk III
Owner/operator:	13 OTU RAF
Registration:	HJ986
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Middleton St. George, Darlington, County Durham, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
Destination airport:	RAF Middleton St. George
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito HJ986: Took off for a training flight. 08/07/1946
Swung on landing and undercarriage collapsed RAF Middleton St. George. The aircraft was landing a Middleton St. George and stalled at an altitiude of six feet, landing heavily on all three points of the undercarriage. On touchdown, the Mosquito swung to port, and the Pupil Pilot u/t applied rudder and rake to correct the swing, but the aircraft swung violently to starboard, and the undercarriage collapsed.
Crew: ???? Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 13 OTU RAF for the period 1-6-1945 to 30-4-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/651: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100360
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100-HZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings.
5. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/History/Residents_previousMil(2).htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Middleton_St_George#Post_war
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Operational_Training_Units

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Feb-2010 13:08	NePa	Added
06-Feb-2012 08:09	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Jun-2014 16:32	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
21-Aug-2015 19:56	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
10-Sep-2019 19:24	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
06-Jun-2021 08:37	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]
26-Jul-2021 20:58	Anon.	Updated [Operator]
02-Aug-2021 15:29	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
02-Aug-2021 15:57	Next	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
28-Nov-2021 12:00	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
22-Jun-2023 02:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Narrative, Operator]]