Taylorcraft Auster A.O.P Mk III

Taylorcraft Auster A.O.P Mk III

  • Role: Reconnaissance / Liaison
  • Dimensions: Wingspan 10.97 m, Length 6.83 m, Height 2.44m
  • Engine: 1 x de Havilland Gipsy Major (130 hp)
  • Crew: 2
  • Number in service: 23+
  • Country of production: Germany
  • Years in service: 1945– 1953

A small number of these aircraft were used by 345, 346 and 347 Reconnaissance Flights in the period from 1945 to 1948, before being replaced by the T-6 HARVARD. They were also used as medical transport and liaison airplanes and at least one was used by the Anti-malarial Squadron. They were all withdrawn by 1953.