Date:	Tuesday 31 October 1950
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson T Mk 21
Owner/operator:	2 ANS RAF
Registration:	VS563
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Anson T.21 VS563/"FFP-P", 2 ANS (Air Navigation School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31/10/1950 when the aircraft struck a tree while on a BABS (Blind Approach Beam System) approach in poor weather conditions and limited visibility at RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire. No reported injuries to the crew.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.107 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.93
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VS
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Jan-2021 22:23	Dr. John Smith	Added
05-Jan-2021 09:34	Giggs	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Operator]