Date:	Monday 17 September 1945
Time:	day
Type:	Vultee Vengeance TT. Mk IV
Owner/operator:	567 Sqn RAF
Registration:	HB369
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF Eastchurch, Kent

Narrative:
Vultee A-35B-VN Vengeance Ex-USAAF 42-94515. Transferred to the RAF as Vengeance TT Mk.IV HB369, after conversion to a target tug. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17 September 1945 when undercarriage would not lock down and aircraft belly landed at RAF Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Aircraft not repaired, and subsequently scrapped. No fatalities or casualties reported among the crew of two.

No.567 Squadron was an anti-aircraft co-operation squadron that served in the south-east of England from its formation late in 1943 until the end of the Second World War. The squadron was equipped with a wide mix of aircraft, each fulfilling a different duty. Hurricanes (replaced by Spitfires after the war) were used to carry out practise attacks on anti-aircraft gun positions. Martinets were used as target tugs. Oxfords were used for gun laying and searchlight practice. The squadron survived for a year after the end of the war but was disbanded on 15 June 1946. In 1945-46, 567 Squadron was based at RAF Manston, with a detachment as RAF Eastchurch.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.7. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft HA100-HZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._567_Squadron_RAF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Oct-2019 20:01	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Oct-2019 22:17	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
05-Jul-2021 08:29	wifi	Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator]