Date:	Thursday 7 August 1947
Time:
Type:	Auster AOP.6 floatplane
Owner/operator:	Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE)
Registration:	VF517
MSN:	2286
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Felixstowe, Felixstowe Harbour, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Felixstowe, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Felixstowe, Suffolk

Narrative:
Auster VF517 (Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment): Delivered 25-10-46, converted to floatplane. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7-8-47: during the aircraft's alighting on water at Felixstowe Harbour, Suffolk, the starboard float collapsed, due to a failure of the rear compression strut. The Auster fell onto its starboard side, and then sank.
The crew:
F/Lt ( 52614) Edward Lewis HEATH (pilot) RAF- escaped uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.327
3. MAEE ORB for the period 1-8-45 to 31-12-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1568: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101278
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
5. [photo]: https://www.flickr.com/photos/88160313@N03/32032414117/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felixstowe

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
22-Feb-2012 12:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
06-Mar-2015 06:37	Charlie Harper	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
11-May-2023 15:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Location, Destination airport]]
11-May-2023 16:10	Nepa	Updated [[[Operator, Location, Destination airport]]]
16-May-2023 19:53	Nepa	Updated [[[[Operator, Location, Destination airport]]]]