Date:	Monday 18 October 1954
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	LAS RAF
Registration:	TW593
MSN:	2465
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile north of Tilshead, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 TW593: Delivered 1946. Known RAF service was with 663 Squadron, AOPS (Air Observation Post School) and the LAS (Light Aircraft School) at Middle Wallop.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when blown over on landing in gusty weather conditions (crosswinds), one mile north of Tilshead, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire on 18/10/1954. No reported casualties or injuries to the two crew.

The reported crash location of Tilshead Tilshead is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and Market Lavington, and is near the source of the River Till at approximate co ordinates 51.2302°N 1.9508°W. Despite this, several sources state the Auston TW593 crashed at "Middle Wallop" [sic] which where the aircraft took off from, NOT where it came down...

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.164 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.53)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.97
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2349
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
11-Feb-2013 15:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 22:08	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Apr-2020 20:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
15-Feb-2021 10:39	Xindel	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Operator]