Date:	Thursday 14 May 1953
Time:
Type:	Avro Shackleton MR.2
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	WL749
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1953
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Belfast-Aldergrove RAF Station (BFS) -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Belfast-Aldergrove RAF Station (BFS/EGAA)

Narrative:
Avro Shackleton WL749 landed short of the runway at Aldergrove. The port undercarriage collapsed causing the aircraft to slew and hit the runway controller's caravan.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth

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