Date:	Tuesday 6 May 1947
Time:	night
Type:	Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
Owner/operator:	227 OCU RAF
Registration:	TW501
MSN:	1831
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Andover, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Andover, Hampshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster AOP. Mk. V TW501, 227 OCU RAF: Deemed damaged beyond repair when crashed in night landing at RAF Andover, Hampshire 6-5-47. The student pilot under training allowed the aircraft to undershoot on a night landing at RAF Andover, and the instructor pilot told the student pilot to open the throttle and overshoot the approach. However, the student pilot either did not open the throttle, or opened the throttle too late, as the Auster touched down on the airfield at Andover, swung to port, and collided with the airfield control caravan

Struck off charge, and damaged remains sold 8.12.47. Repaired/rebuilt as civilian Auster V G-ALBJ; first registered as such 3.6.48 (C of R 12395/1; C of A 10420) to Vernon Godfrey Manton, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

The next registered owner of TW501/G-ALBJ kept it for 39 years from 16-6-1950 until 13-4-1989. The third owner of TW501/G-ALBJ took it on from 13-4-1989 until 27-1-2011.

Since 2011, under its fifth owner from new Auster G-ALBJ has been flying in its former military markings (overall silver with yellow "trainer" bands) as TW501.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.62. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.299
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 227 OCU RAF ORB for 14-1-1947 to 31-1-1948: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1633: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101343
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALBJ.pdf
7. Photo of G-ALBJ (ex-TW501): http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Auster-1243594292/Model_J/G-ALBJ-Mk5-x-TW501-Pic-3
8. https://de-de.facebook.com/From.Sapper.to.Spitfire.Spy/videos/a-taylorcraft-auster-tw501-built-in-1945-takes-off-from-weston-zoyland-warag-eve/648644582148853/
9. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1570716 [photo]
10. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/352868/G-ALBJ [photo in civil marks as G-ALBJ]
11. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/TW501/
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Andover#1945_to_1977

Aerial photograph of RAF Andover oriented north, 16 January 1947

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
26-Dec-2011 14:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
04-Dec-2018 09:08	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Nov-2019 23:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2019 11:48	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]
17-May-2023 19:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator]]