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| Date: | Friday 10 January 1958 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton T.4 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VP259 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km E of Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK) |
| Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK) |
The Shackleton was engaged in Maritime Operational Training Unit (MOTU) training flights. The aircraft was flying night-time approaches at RAF Kinloss. During one of the circuits the Shackleton flew the pattern too high. It then flew into Haldon Hill, which was obscured by low clouds.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
E-mail from Tony Cunnane, 18-10-2006
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
VPI Book of Remembrance
Location
Images:
photo (c) Tony Cunnane; 8 km E of Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS); 11 January 1958
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