ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156619
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| Date: | Thursday 7 September 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton MR.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 8 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | WR967 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Lossiemouth, Grampian, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth (EGQS) |
| RAF Lossiemouth | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Badly damaged in a heavy landing at Lossiemouth, Morayshire. After this, it was withdrawn from use, and had its wings and rear fuselage removed becoming an aircrew procedures trainer with the unit. It was cunningly renamed ‘Dodo’. Struck off charge as Cat.5(G/I) and allocated to Ground Instructional use as a training aircraft 8398M at Lossiemouth
It was eventually saved from the scrapman in 1991, and is now stored at Paphos International Airport, Cyprus.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1972.htm
2. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?113742-8-Squadron-Shackleton-The-Magic-Roundabout-and-The-Herb-s-Characters
3. http://www.eurodemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=2029
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2013 12:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Jun-2013 12:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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