Date:	Friday 18 February 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Auster J/1 Autocrat
Owner/operator:	Hunting Flying Club Ltd
Registration:	G-AJEJ
MSN:	2314
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Potten End, 2 miles ENE of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Luton Airport, Bedfordshire (LTN/EGGW)
Destination airport:	Luton Airport, Bedfordshire (LTN/EGGW)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster J/1 Autocrat: First registered (C of R 11225/1; C of A 9170) 14/3/47 to Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, Leicestershire. Registration cancelled 29/4/47.

Re-registered (C of R 11225/2) on 12/5/47 to Hunting Flying Club Ltd., Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire

Crashed at Potten End, 2 miles ENE of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire 18/2/49 whilst on final approach to Luton airport. Registration G-AJEJ cancelled 28/4/49 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"

Potten End is a village in west Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, two miles (3.2 km) east-north-east of Berkhamsted, three miles (4.8 km) north west of Hemel Hempstead and two miles south east of the National Trust estate of Ashridge.

1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999. Compiled by Michael Austen Air Britain (Historians) Ltd 1999 ISBN 0 85130 281 5
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJEJ.pdf
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2461: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576615
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2439: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576593
5. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2200
6. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AJEJ.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auster_Autocrat
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potten_End

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
23-Jan-2010 10:50	John Baker	Updated [Location, Country, Source]
10-Jun-2012 16:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
10-Dec-2019 20:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
12-Dec-2019 19:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]