Loss of control Accident Avro Shackleton MR.3 WR976,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331999
 

Date:Sunday 19 November 1967
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SHAC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Shackleton MR.3
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WR976
MSN:
Year of manufacture:1957
Engine model:Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Fatalities:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:352 km SW off Newquay, UK -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Newquay-St Mawgan RAF Station (NQY/EGDG)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Stalled and crashed into the sea during low-level anti-submarine exercises.

Sources:

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
VPI Book of Remembrance
rafcommands.com

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