| DATE |
SQN |
AIRCRAFT |
FATALITIES |
LOCATION |
COMMENTS |
|
25-Jun-52 |
120 |
Shackleton |
11 |
North Atlantic
Ocean |
Lost at sea.
VP261. |
|
8-Oct-52 |
236 OCU |
Shackleton |
14 |
Moray Firth |
Impact with water.
VP286. |
|
11-Dec-53 |
240 |
Shackleton |
10 |
Argyllshire Coast |
Lost at sea.
WL746. |
|
12-Feb-54 |
38 |
Shackleton |
10 |
Mediterranean Sea |
Lost at sea.
WL794. |
|
11-Jan-55 |
42 |
Shackleton |
9 |
Irish Sea |
WL743 most likely
cause determined to be a mid-air
collision with WG531 of 42 Squadron. |
|
11-Jan-55 |
42 |
Shackleton |
9 |
Irish Sea |
WG531 most likely
cause determined to be a mid-air
collision with WL743 of 42 Squadron. |
|
13-Oct-55 |
217 |
P2V-5 |
9 |
Crashed at sea. |
Crashed during a
SAR operation. WX510. |
|
10-Oct-56 |
36 |
P2V-5 |
9 |
Mull of Kintyre |
WX545 |
|
7-Dec-56 |
613 |
Shackleton |
1 |
Derbyshire |
Stall trials with
Hawker Siddeley. XF970. |
|
10-Jan-58 |
MOTU |
Shackleton |
2 |
RAF Kinloss. |
Impact with
ground.VP259. |
|
9-Dec-58 |
205/209 |
Shackleton |
10 |
South China Sea |
Lost at sea.
VP254. |
|
12-Aug-62 |
224 |
N/A |
1 |
Strait of
Gibralter |
Fell out of the
beam window of a Shackleton Mk2, WG533 |
|
8-Dec-65 |
201 |
Shackleton |
2 |
Moray Firth |
Impact with water.
XF704. |
|
4-Nov-67 |
205 |
Shackleton |
8 |
Enroute Gan-Changi |
Lost at sea.
WL786. |
|
19-Nov-67 |
120 |
Shackleton |
8 |
North Atlantic
Ocean |
Lost at sea.
WR976. A/C belonged to 201 Sqn. |
|
21-Dec-67 |
206 |
Shackleton |
13 |
Inverness-shire |
Impact with
ground.XF702. |
|
19-Apr-68 |
204 |
Shackleton |
11 |
Mull of Kintyre |
Impact with
ground.WB833. |
|
17-Nov-80 |
206 |
Nimrod |
2 |
RAF Kinloss |
Bird strike. XV
256. |
|
30-Apr-90 |
AEW |
Shackleton |
10 |
Scotland |
Impact with
ground.WR 965. RAF Lossiemouth. |
|
2-Sep-95 |
120 |
Nimrod |
7 |
Toronto, Canada |
Crash into Lake
Ontario during air show. XV 239. |
|
2-Sep-06 |
120 |
Nimrod |
14 |
Afghanistan |
XV230 crashed near
Kandahar,
Afghanistan |
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