Date:	Thursday 19 June 1947
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	CBE RAF
Registration:	PF556
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Marham, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Marham

Narrative:
Mosquito PF556: (Central Bomber Establishment) Took off for a training flight 19/6/1947. During the flight, the flaps became u/s due to a defective control valve, and then activated of their own accord twice during the final approach to RAF Coltishall. The pilot decided not to overshoot on the approach, but to make an immediate landing on the remaining length of the runway, and then retracted the undercarriage to facilitate an immediate stop

Crew:
S/Leader (110851) Oliver John WELLS (pilot) RAF - Ok (NCO:1425788 Commission Gazetted: Tuesday 30 December, 1941)
The name of the other crew member is at present not known

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
3.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
4.ORB CBE RAF for June 1947: AIR29/1323:
5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101033
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Marham#Cold_War_(1946%E2%80%931982)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Aug-2013 19:25	JINX	Added
30-Sep-2013 12:22	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
31-May-2014 13:49	Nepa	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Aug-2015 17:11	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, ]
10-Sep-2019 19:17	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ]
22-Jul-2021 08:44	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
23-Jul-2021 12:02	MamaMia	Updated [Operator, ]
19-Nov-2021 18:55	Nepa	Updated [Date, Narrative, Operator, ]
05-Aug-2022 17:08	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
01-Sep-2022 12:23	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
01-Sep-2022 12:31	Nepa	Updated [Registration, Operator, Narrative, Operator, ]
02-Sep-2022 07:25	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
14-May-2023 21:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated
15-May-2023 08:27	Nepa	Updated
12-Aug-2023 09:13	Nepa	Updated