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| Date: | Sunday 31 January 1943 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
| Owner/operator: | 654 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LB346 |
| MSN: | 205 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Southam, Warwickshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Southam, Warwickshire |
| RAF Southam |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when blown away in a gale ( it uprooted its pickets) whilst parked at RAF Southam on 31/1/1943. (Royal Air Force Southam was a relief landing ground (RLG) located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east of Southam, Warwickshire, and 7.3 miles (11.7 km) south east of Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire)
Formally declared a write off and beyond economic repair, being struck off charge on 11/21/943
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 3 (1976)
2. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p02.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Southam
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2012 07:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2013 14:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 24-Jul-2015 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-May-2024 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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