Date:	Friday 25 July 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	657 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TW565
MSN:	1929
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Bawdsey, Bawdsey, Suffolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Andover, Weyhill, Andover, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Bawdsey, Bawdsey, Suffolk

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 TW565, 657 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed by fire) 25-7-47: A VEREY flare pistol was accidentally discharged in the cockpit by the pilot whilst the aircraft was in flight, and started a fire. The aircraft crash-landed at RAF Bawdsey, Suffolk, but the fire could not be extinguished, and the Auster was burnt out.

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.326
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 657 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-5-47 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2534: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505172
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._657_Squadron_RAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Bawdsey#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
21-Feb-2012 13:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
13-Aug-2012 02:07	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
11-May-2023 21:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]]