Date:	Sunday 20 March 1955
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	661 Sqn RAF
Registration:	VX108
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2 miles east of Chitterne, Warminster, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 VX108: Delivered to the RAF 13/10/48. Sole operational service was with 661 Squadron, RAF as "RAO-C"

Written off 20/3/55: when flew into rising ground 2 miles east of Chitterne, Wiltshire. Accident described as a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) as the pilot did not set the aircraft to climb at the appropriate rate to clear the rising terrain. Pilot survived with injuries.

Formally struck off charge as Cat.5 (Scrap) 24/3/1955. The reported crash site of Chitterne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, about 7 miles east of the town of Warminster.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.169 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.98)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.124
4. http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Mikes-archive/Mk-6-7-10/Mk6-VX108
5. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4209
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._661_Squadron_RAF#Post-war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
01-Mar-2012 18:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
15-Aug-2012 08:06	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
09-May-2020 22:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Dec-2020 10:36	JEPA	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator]