Date:	Saturday 3 May 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Auster T.7
Owner/operator:	663 (AOP) Sqn RAF
Registration:	WE534
MSN:	3721
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Hooton Park, Ellesmere Port, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Hooton Park, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster T.Mk.7 WE534, 663 (AOP) Squadron, RAF: delivered 20/2/1950. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3/5/1952, when crashed at RAF Hooton Park, Ellesmere Port, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire. Returned to Beagle-Auster Aircraft Ltd., at Rearsby, Leicestershire, for repairs, but not repaired. Instead, struck off charge 2/7/1952 as CAT.5(C) and remains scrapped

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4. p 125)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.244
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4249
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WE
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._663_Squadron_RAF#Post-war_service
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hooton_Park#Post-war_operations

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
01-Dec-2011 17:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
27-Jan-2012 14:00	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
02-Mar-2012 10:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Mar-2012 10:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]
13-Aug-2012 01:50	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
13-Aug-2012 01:50	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location]]
06-Mar-2021 14:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Mar-2021 14:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
06-Mar-2021 14:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn]