Date:	Sunday 23 June 1946
Time:	afternoon
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk X
Owner/operator:	85 OTU RAF
Registration:	LN589
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Aston, near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington Mk. X LN589, 85 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23 June 1946* when crashed at Aston, near Stevenage, Hertfordshire

The accident record card for this incident is missing, but it is believed the Wellington LN589 force-landed in a field near Aston, Hertfordshire after the crew became lost on a cross county NAVEX (navigational training exercise) while flying in adverse weather conditions

Aston is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. Located on a ridge between Stevenage and the Beane Valley, Aston is a 10 minutes' drive from the A1

*NOTE: The date of this incident may have been 23 June 1945 (not 1946) as 85 OTU was disbanded in June 1945.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.167
3. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.100: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
4. 85 OTU RAF ORB for 1-6-1944 to 30-6-1945: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/687/5: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161048
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Husbands_Bosworth#No._85_Operational_Training_Unit
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston,_Hertfordshire

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jun-2023 18:34	Dr. John Smith	Added
22-Jun-2023 20:41	Nepa	Updated