Date:	Monday 21 October 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	43 OTU RAF
Registration:	TW570
MSN:	1930
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Crab Wood, 4 miles West of Winchester, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Auster AOP. 6 TW570, 43 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21 October 1946 when hit telegraph wires while low flying, and crashed at Crab Wood, 4 miles west of Winchester, Hampshire. No fatalities or injured reported among the crew of two.

Crab Wood is a 73-hectare (180-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest 4 miles west of Winchester in Hampshire.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.54. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Air Britain Aero militaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 p.236
5. 43 OTU RAF ORB; National Archives (PRO Kew)
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Wood

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
21-Feb-2012 13:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
27-Nov-2018 19:53	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Nov-2019 00:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 00:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
18-Nov-2019 22:02	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
28-May-2023 19:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]