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

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

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