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| Date: | Thursday 22 December 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton MR.2 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WL799 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Langar -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The aircraft was destroyed in a hangar fire while being prepared for return for deployment in Malta. The fire is also reported to have occurred at December 18, 1955.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
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