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Date: | Monday 4 November 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vultee V-72 Vengeance TT Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 695 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HB476 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF North Weald, North Weald Basset, Epping Forest, Essex, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
Narrative:Ex-USAAF 42-101309 to RAF as Vengeance IV HB476 Jun 1944. Service with 695 Squadron from January 1945 at RAF Bircham Newton, Docking, Norfolk.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4 November 1946 when the undercarriage collapsed on landing at RAF North Weald, North Weald Basset, Epping Forest, Essex, due to a defective component (the accident record card does not specify which one). Not repaired, and struck off charge as Cat. E(FA) 11-11-46
Sources:
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.240
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.104:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 5. 695 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 28-2-1949: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2546:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505184 6.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._695_Squadron_RAF#History 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Weald_Airfield#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-May-2023 14:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
27-May-2023 17:35 |
Nepa |
Updated |
08-Jun-2023 19:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |