Date:	Saturday 26 March 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito PR Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	728 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	NS531
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Delimara Point, southeast of Marsaxlokk. -   Malta
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Falcon /RNAS Hal Far
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito NS531: Ditched after stbd engine problem on takeoff off Delimara Point Malta. 26/03/1949
Forced to ditch into the sea off Delimara Point as it was returning from Algiers, after suffering an engine failure. Air-Britain's Aeromilitaria gives point of departure Rome, Italy on a mail flight.
Crew:
Lt.(A) Michael David STANLEY (pilot) FAA RN - is presumed to have sank with his aircraft
Lt.(A) R. MARSHAL (nav.) FAA RN - survived.

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://veterans.mod.uk/roll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=N358
3.http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19401949

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jan-2010 21:23	NePa	Added
21-Jan-2012 07:41	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, ]
10-Feb-2012 06:49	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Feb-2014 14:18	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2015 10:31	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
19-Nov-2015 10:54	Iwosh	Updated [Narrative, ]
30-Jan-2019 14:58	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ]
06-Sep-2021 10:03	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
27-Sep-2021 15:46	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]