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| Date: | Friday 20 October 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton MR.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WR968 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ballykelly RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ballykelly RAF Station (EGQB) |
A three engined approach and landing went wrong and the aircraft left the runway and caught fire.
Sources:
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
Images:
photo (c) Pedro Conejo; Ballykelly RAF Station; October 1961
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