I engine, nine built. Taylorcraft Auster I (Model D1) Military version of Plus C, 100 built. Taylorcraft Auster II (Model F) Auster I with a Lycoming O-290 engine, two built, later converted to Auster IIIs Taylorcraft Auster III (Model E) Auster I with a de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, two prototypes converted from Model F (Auster I) and 467 built new. Taylorcraft Auster IV (Model G) Three-seat version with a Lycoming O-290-3/1 H.O. engine, 253 built. Taylorcraft Auster V (Model J) Auster IV with blind flying instruments (Vacuum pump) and flap modification, and removable armour plate installed for pilot only, 791 built. Taylorcraft Auster Model H Experimental tandem two-seat training glider converted from a Taylorcraft B. Operators Military operators Royal Australian Air Force 56 Auster IIIs No. 2 Communications Unit RAAF No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight RAAF No. 17 Air Observation Post Flight RAAF No. 3 Squadron RAAF No. 77 Squadron RAAF No. 454 Squadron RAAF Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF Royal Australian Navy 723 Squadron RAN 724 Squadron RAN 725 Squadron RAN Burma Air Force - Postwar Royal Canadian Air Force No. 664 Squadron RCAF No. 665 Squadron RCAF No. 666 Squadron RCAF Canadian Army - Postwar Czechoslovakian Air Force - three Auster IIIs, in service from 1945 to 1948. Hellenic Air Force - Postwar, 20 Auster IIIs Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force - Postwar Indonesian Air Force - Ex-Dutch aircraft Israeli Air Force (Transjordan) Arab Legion Royal Jordanian Air Force Libyan Air Force Royal Netherlands Air Force Royal Netherlands Navy Dutch Naval Aviation Service Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force - Postwar Royal Norwegian Air Force in exile in the United Kingdom - Nine aircraft in service from 1944 to 1945. Used by Nos 331 and 332 Norwegian Squadrons as communications aircraft. Pakistan Air Force - Postwar Pakistan Army - Ex-Pakistan Air Force aircraft. Pakistan Army Aviation Corps Polish Air Force in exile in Great Britain 663 Polski Szwadron Powietrznych Punktów Obserwacyjnych (1944–1946) South African Air Force British Army Army Air Corps Royal Air Force No. 651 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 652 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 653 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 654 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 655 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 656 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 657 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 658 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 659 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 660 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 661 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 662 (AOP) Squadron