Date:	Thursday 12 December 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP Mk 6
Owner/operator:	3 FPP RAF
Registration:	VF563
MSN:	2521
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Frampton Mansell, 5 miles ESE of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 VF563 (Ferry Pilots Pool): Written off (destroyed) 12.12.46 when stalled and spun into the ground whilst turning onto the crosswind leg of the circuit at RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. Crashed at Frampton Mansell, just to the northeast of the airfield.
Crew:
F/O (187894) Edwin Charles Dale Colton DFC (pilot 187894) RAFVR: killed
Buried at Rake Lane Cemetery, Wallasey, Wirral, Cheshire R.I.P.

Frampton Mansell is a small English village 5 miles (8 km) ESE of Stroud, in the parish of Sapperton. It is lies off the A419 road between Stroud and Cirencester.

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2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.271
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.104: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2736255/colton,-edwin-charles-dale/
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123845907/edwin-charles_dale-colton
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
8. https://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?23484-461212-Unaccounted-Airmen-12-12-1946&p=136559#post136559
10. https://www.cheshireroll.co.uk/soldier/?i=32083/187894-flying%20officer-edwin-charles-dale-colton
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frampton_Mansell

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
21-Feb-2012 13:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
06-May-2013 01:20	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2013 16:15	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
07-Jul-2014 06:49	angels one five	Updated [Operator]
19-Nov-2018 20:09	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
19-Nov-2018 20:17	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
18-Nov-2019 19:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 19:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
18-Nov-2019 22:05	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-May-2023 08:24	Nepa	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]