Date:	Monday 16 June 1947
Time:	11:30
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:	36 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TA486
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	The English Channel, 30 miles south of Portland Bill, Dorset, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Mosquito TA486: Took off for Training flight /Air to Air firing. 16/06/1947
Crashed into the English Channel at 11:30 hrs.
Crew:
Pilot II (572797) Roy Lightwood WEBBER (pilot) RAF: killed
Nav. II (1602831) Norman Charles CLEVERSLEY (nav.) RAF - killed

According to a report in the "The Times" on 17/06/47:
"A Mosquito aircraft with two occupants crashed into the sea off Worthing about 11:30 a.m. yesterday, and only small pieces of wreckage have been found"

Note that while Mosquito TA486 crashed into the English Channel, some sources - such as the report in "The Times" give the crash location as "off Worthing, Sussex", but the official Air Ministry/RAF Board of Inquiry file into the incident gives the crash location as "30 miles south of Portland Bill"

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. The Times (London) 17 June 1947
3. ORB 36 Sqdn RAF: AIR27/2607/4
4. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8423966
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA AVIA 5/29/W2384
6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578230
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1531152/roy-lightwood-webber/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1084578/norman-charles-cleversley/
9. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=48072
10. https://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06894.php
11. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/norman-c-cleversley-24-1q33nfq
12. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15247914/norman-charles-cleversley

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-May-2014 10:03	Nepa	Added
12-Aug-2014 08:05	BlB	Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ]
16-Sep-2014 08:41	Siczak	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
01-Aug-2015 18:48	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, ]
29-Mar-2019 17:53	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
28-Nov-2019 18:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Nov-2019 12:04	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
19-Feb-2020 21:42	Nepa	Updated [Source, Operator, ]
07-Jul-2021 10:22	Anon.	Updated [Location, Operator, ]
19-Nov-2021 19:13	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
07-Jun-2022 09:47	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
15-May-2023 21:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated
16-May-2023 09:45	Nepa	Updated