Date:	Thursday 23 July 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
Owner/operator:	LAS RAF
Registration:	TJ324
MSN:	1403
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Middle Wallop Airfield, near Andover, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V TJ324/"BD-R", LAS (Light Aircraft School) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/7/1953 when the rear fuselage was struck by Boulton Paul Balliol WG180 of 288 Squadron, RAF while taxiing at RAF Middle Wallop, near Andover, Hampshire. According to the book "The Boulton Paul Balliol: The Last Merlin-Powered Aircraft By Alec Brew"...

"On 23 July 1953, WG180's propellor chewed up Auster TJ324's entire rear fuselage in a taxiing collision - as far as the pilots seat! It must have been an alarming experience for the Auster pilot, who got away with just an injured shoulder, although his pilots seat was heavily damaged".

Crew of Auster TJ324:
Captain G H Southall, RAF - uninjured
Lieutenant K A Kerrigan, RAF - slightly injured (shoulder injury)

Balliol WG180 survived to be repaired and returned to service. According to that aircraft''s record card: "to 19 MU RAF St. Athan 9/12/1959. Declared NEA (Non-Effective Airframe) 30/3/1960. Struck Off Charge 9/1/1961 as Cat.5(s) and sold for scrap to H H Bushell & Co Ltd., Birmingham.

1. The Boulton Paul Balliol: The Last Merlin-Powered Aircraft By Alec Brew
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.147 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.393
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Auster-1243594292/Model_J/TJ324-MkV-cn1403
7. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1300
8. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WG

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
11-Feb-2013 15:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
18-Nov-2019 22:07	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-May-2021 23:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
11-May-2021 22:22	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]