Date:	Wednesday 31 July 1957
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson C.21
Owner/operator:	BCIS RAF
Registration:	VS574
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Stratford Road, Salisbury, approximately 900m south west of RAF Old Sa -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Old Sarum, Wiltshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Anson C.21 VS574 of the BCIS (Bomber Command Instructors School) RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) July 31, 1957: The pilot landed the aircraft in Hudson's Field, a large public open space, after mistaking it for the airfield 900m away. After crashing through a fence the aircraft came to rest in Stratford Road, Salisbury. The aircraft was flying in conditions of bad weather and poor visibility. No reported injuries to the crew.

1. Diário de Lisboa 3 August 1957, page 1 (photo)
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.191 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 91)
4. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.258
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Tony
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VS

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jan-2016 13:15	JINX	Added
14-Jul-2017 20:43	TB	Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, Plane category]
20-Jul-2017 22:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Nov-2018 21:53	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
08-Aug-2020 19:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Aug-2020 19:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
15-Feb-2021 10:19	E.Robot	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
10-Mar-2022 07:26	Harrybo	Updated [Location, Narrative]