Date:	Wednesday 18 June 1947
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	790 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	TE721
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	marsh beside Solva river, W of Olmarch Farm 2.5miles NW of RNAS Brawdy -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RNAS Kete/HMS Harrier, Dale, Pembrokeshire
Destination airport:	RNAS Brawdy/HMS Goldcrest, Pembrokeshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito TE721: Took off for training flight. 18/06/1947
Crashed 2.5 miles north-west of RNAS Brawdy /HMS Goldcrest. This Mosquito had been transferred from RAF service to the 790 Sqn FAA RN, to the RNAS Kete on the Dale peninsular home of the Fighter School. On 18/6/1947, it was taken up by a newly appointed commanding officer but crashed at Cerbid Farm, Solva. The cause given as loss of aileron control after a badly executed roll. The commanding officer had died in the ambulance taking him to the County Hospital at Haverfordwest.
The aircraft dived into a marsh beside the Solva river and west of Olmarch Farm.
Crew:
Lt.Cdr.(A) Hamish MUIR-MacKENZIE DSC (pilot) FAA RN - killed

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/projects/crashsites2012-13.pdf
3.https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1947-01JAN.htm
4.https://www.cwgc.org/find-records.
5.ORB 790 Sqdn FAA RN

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-May-2014 10:21	Nepa	Added
06-Jul-2014 15:54	Shout	Updated [Narrative, ]
08-Mar-2015 07:25	Heil	Updated [Location, Departure airport, ]
08-Mar-2015 07:27	H.Shaft	Updated [Location, ]
24-Mar-2015 18:45	Quentin	Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
24-Mar-2015 19:09	Quentin	Updated [Location, ]
01-Aug-2015 18:50	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ]
01-Aug-2015 18:50	Nepa	Updated [Location, ]
10-Feb-2019 17:01	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator, ]
02-May-2019 21:15	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator, ]
15-Sep-2021 11:21	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
29-Aug-2022 11:26	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
14-May-2023 21:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated
04-Sep-2023 17:07	Nepa	Updated