Date:	Wednesday 27 June 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	663 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VF490
MSN:	2259
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Dilwyn ALG, 6 miles from Leominster, Herefordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Llandow, Glamorgan
Destination airport:	Dilwyn ALG, Leominster, Herefordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 VF490: delivered 24/10/1946. RAF service career was with 652 Squadron, and 663 Squadron

Written off (Damaged beyond repair) 27/6/56 when undercarriage collapsed on landing on Dilwyn ALG (Auxiliary Landing Ground), Herefordshire. The reported crash location of Dilwyn is a village in Herefordshire, England located about 18 km (11 miles) from the city of Hereford and 9 km (6 miles) from its nearest town, Leominster. It is situated on the northern edge of a broad valley that stretches from the River Wye through to Leominster. Running through the valley, south of the village, is the Stretford Brook whilst to the north are the rivers Arrow and Lugg.

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2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 63)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.201
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
5. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2149
6. http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.com/2009/01/stathan-summer-camp-1956.html
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._663_Squadron_RAF#Post-war_Service
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilwyn

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
21-Feb-2012 23:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
15-Aug-2012 08:37	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
22-Jun-2020 16:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]