Date:	Tuesday 9 December 1958
Time:
Type:	Avro Shackleton MR.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VP254
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	448 km N of Labuan, Malaysia [South China Sea] -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Labuan Airport (LBU/WBKL)
Destination airport:	Labuan Airport (LBU/WBKL)

Narrative:
Crashed at sea. The aircraft was allotted to the Far East Air Force at the time and had been sent on a mission to search for a missing fishing vessel north of Borneo.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
VPI Book of Remembrance
The Calgary Herald - Dec 11, 1958

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