Date:	Tuesday 1 February 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	23 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RL244
MSN:	YP-?
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1/2 mile west of RAF stn Coltishall, Norfolk, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Coltishall

Narrative:
Mosquito RL244: Took off for a Night training flight. 01/02/1949.
Port engine cut and the starboard engine was feathered in error. Pilot had insufficient altitude and time to recover. Aircraft force-landed into a field half-a-mile west of RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
Crew:
F/Lt (199172) John Frederick Augustine FISHER (pilot) RAF - Ok
F/O (132584) Slavomír JANÁČEK (cs.nav.) RAF - injured

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 by Colin Cummings.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 23 Sqn RAF for the period 1-3-1948 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2403/33:
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505041
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Coltishall#Cold_War

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28 August 1942	DD???	23 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire, England.		min
8 September 1942	DD???	23 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Bradwell Bay, Essex, England.		min
19 March 1943	DD742	85 Sqn RAF	0	RAF stn Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England		min
2 April 1943	DD742	85 Sqn RAF	1	Shoreham to Hove railway line, Sussex, England		w/o
24 July 1944	HR236	23 Sqn RAF	2	Missing - North Sea		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Feb-2014 15:58	Nepa	Added
28-May-2014 15:18	Nepa	Updated [Location, Destination airport, ]
29-Jul-2014 15:07	Jixon	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2015 10:33	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ]
21-Mar-2019 19:55	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator, ]
19-Mar-2020 21:45	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
27-Aug-2021 17:19	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
18-Oct-2021 18:27	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]