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| Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton MR.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VP294 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gan/Seenu Airport (GAN) -
 Maldives
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Force-landed at Gan; damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
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