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External Reference
Date 25 June 2013
Event ID 961736
Category Documentary Reference
Type External Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/961736
On December 21st 1967, XF702, a Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton MR3 maritime reconnaisance aircraft of 206 Squadron, based at RAF Kinloss, encountered severe icing conditions in cloud and subsequently crashed into the hillside below Creag Bhan, above Arieniskil, Lochailort.
All thirteen crew members were killed.
The impact scar is still visible on the hillside, at a height of about 700 feet. A small cairn was erected after the crash. On May 19th 2007, at the culmination of a project started by Ken Bowker of the Moidart History Group, Derek Straw of the 206 Squadron Association fixed a commemorative tablet at the scene bearing the 206 Squadron motto - "Nihil Nos Effugit" - "Nothing escapes us".
Further information can be found at: http://www.moidart.org.uk/datasets/shackletoncrash.htm
Information from K Bowker 25 June 2013
