Date:	Monday 22 January 1951
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk 35
Owner/operator:	139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration:	TA701
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wainfleet Ranges, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito TA701: Took off for Training flight /bombing practice. 22/01/1951
The Mosquito crashed in the target area during a shallow dive while making a practice bombing run. It seems that the crew encountered hazy visibility conditions over the target area, which made it difficult to distinguish the horizon. According to some sources, Mosquito TA701 stalled and dived into the ground while recovering from a practice dive bombing attack. Of the two crew, the pilot was killed, but the navigator survived with severe injuries. 22/01/1951
Crew:
F/Lt (198.276) Herbert Richard BIRCH (pilot) RAF: killed
F/Lt (167.832) George Todd BURNIE (nav.) RAF: injured  

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2. ORB 139 Sqdn (Operations Record Book)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings.
4.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8425821
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1951
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Wainfleet
7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38271/supplement/2595/data.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-May-2014 16:48	Nepa	Added
29-Aug-2014 14:10	MUDr. Roup	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
24-Jul-2015 20:35	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ]
07-Sep-2016 17:56	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Feb-2019 22:16	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator, ]
16-Feb-2019 22:34	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ]
09-Jan-2021 18:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
09-Jan-2021 22:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative, ]
14-Jan-2021 15:38	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
19-Jan-2021 21:22	Anon.	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
27-Sep-2021 21:58	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]