Date:	Monday 9 February 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	204 AFS RAF
Registration:	TA546
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Warren Farm, Barrow, near RAF stn Cottesmore, County Rutland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cottesmore, Co. Rutland
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito TA546: Took off for Night training flight /Cross country exercise 09/02/1948
Immediately after take-off, at an estimated speed of 150 knots, the Mosquito flew into the ground 600 yards from the end of the runway at RAF Cottesmore, at Warren Farm, close to the village of Barrow.
Crew:
P/O (????) Peter James HOLMES (pilot) RAF?? - killed
F/O (????) Eric ROBERTSON (nav.) RAF?? - killed

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. ORB 204 AFS RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1989:
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101699
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cottesmore#Post-war
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow,_Rutland

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-May-2014 07:21	Nepa	Added
31-Jul-2014 12:01	SIS07	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ]
31-Jul-2015 10:16	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ]
28-Feb-2019 09:32	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ]
20-Jun-2021 23:12	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
20-Aug-2021 22:18	Anon.	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
31-Aug-2022 10:06	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
29-Apr-2023 02:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated
29-Apr-2023 06:53	Nepa	Updated
30-Apr-2023 21:56	Nepa	Updated
09-Jul-2023 10:45	Nepa	Updated