Date:	Thursday 27 February 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
Owner/operator:	43 OTU RAF
Registration:	TJ512
MSN:	1535
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Church Hill LG, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP)
Destination airport:	Church Hill LG, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

Narrative:
Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V TJ512, 43 OTU, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 27-2-47: Pilot misjudged approach to a field landing site, at Church Hill Landing Ground on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, and therefore increased engine power in order to maintain altitude.

However, the rate of sink of the aircraft was greater than anticipated, and the aircraft landed heavily, damaging the port undercarriage

Deemed damaged beyond economic repair, and struck off Charge as Cat.5(G/I). To Ground Instructional Airframe as 6303M.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.60. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.275
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. 43 OTU RAF ORB for the period 1-10-1941 to 31-3-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/679/2: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161024
5. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Church-Hill
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
7. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1420
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=TJ512
9. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/TJ512.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Plain#Military_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
25-Apr-2013 21:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
07-Jun-2013 14:31	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
19-Nov-2019 22:43	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2019 22:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
20-May-2023 20:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Narrative]]