Date:	Thursday 15 May 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Vultee V-72 Vengeance TT Mk IV
Owner/operator:	691 Sqn RAF
Registration:	HB468
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Shrewsbury, Shropshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Vultee A-35B-VN Vengeance: Ex-USAAF 42-101301 to RAF as Vengeance IV HB468 in May 1944. Service with 691 Squadron, from April 1945. Unit was based at RAF Harrowbeer, Devon from April 1945; RAF Exeter from 1-8-45; RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea from 31-1-1946; RAF Weston Zoyland from July 1946 and RAF Chivenor, Barnstaple, Devon from 4-10-1946.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15-5-1947 when force landed near Shrewsbury, Shropshire due to engine failure. Not repaired, struck off charge as Cat. E(FA)

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100-HZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1988)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.302
4. 691 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 28-2-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2545: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505183
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._691_Squadron_RAF#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-May-2023 18:17	Dr. John Smith	Added
16-May-2023 18:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated