Date:	Friday 4 January 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
Owner/operator:	43 OTU RAF
Registration:	TJ516
MSN:	1559
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Casterley Camp, 1 mile west of West Chiselbury, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP)
Destination airport:	Casterley Camp, West Chiselbury, Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster AOP. V, TJ516 43 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit overhead telephone wires on landing and crashed at Casterley Camp, one mile west of West Chiselbury, Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire on 04/01/1946. The pilot (the sole person on board) was uninjured
Crew:
Lt (105884) .George Russell Walter HOWELL (pilot) ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY: uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.25. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
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.26
4. 43 OTU RAF ORB: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TJ516
6. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.93: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
7. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/TJ516.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiselbury

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
02-Dec-2012 07:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Jul-2013 13:35	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
03-Nov-2019 01:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
29-May-2021 23:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-May-2021 09:32	TB	Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
30-Jul-2023 19:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]]
30-Jul-2023 20:28	Nepa	Updated [[[Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]]]