| Date: | Friday 7 December 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton MR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Avro |
| Registration: | WR970 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Foolow -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woodford Airport (WFD/EGCD) |
| Woodford Airport (WFD/EGCD) |
The aircraft spiralled to the ground and crashed. The Shackleton was being maintained at Woodford for stall-warning development.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
VPI Book of Remembrance
Location
Images:
photo (c) IWM MH 27469
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