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  2. RAF Ballykelly - Wikipedia

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    Royal Air Force Ballykelly, or more simply RAF Ballykelly, is a former Royal Air Force station which opened in 1941 in Ballykelly, County Londonderry. It closed in 1971 when the site was handed over to the British Army as Shackleton Barracks .

  3. List of accidents and incidents involving the Avro Shackleton

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    1 April 1968 Shackleton Mk 2 WR956 skidded off the runway in wet weather whilst landing at RAF Ballykelly and was written off. 19 April 1968 Shackleton T.2 prototype WB833 of No. 204 Squadron RAF crashed into rising ground on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland in bad weather, all 11 on board killed [ 1 ]

  4. Shackleton Barracks - Wikipedia

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    The site formerly known as RAF Ballykelly was handed over to the British Army as Shackleton Barracks on 2 June 1971. [1] Battalion HQ and HQ Company of the 5th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment arrived there shortly after the barracks opened.

  5. Avro Shackleton - Wikipedia

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    RAF Shackleton of 224 Squadron flying in formation during the 1954–1959 Jebel Akhdar War in Oman. In 1957, British RAF Shackletons participated heavily during Jebel Akhdar War in Oman to expand the territory of the Sultanate, which was a de facto British colony, [39] [40] [41] in order to gain access to oil wells in the interior parts of Oman ...

  6. RNAS Ballykelly (HMS Sealion) - Wikipedia

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    In January 1968, the RAF announced the base was to close and after a delay due to the late introduction of the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod to the RAF inventory, the last Shackleton left on 31 March 1971. The base was handed over to the British Army on 2 June 1971, when it re-opened as Shackleton Barracks .

  7. Ship wreck explorers solve decades old plane wreck mystery

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    A group of explorers who hunt for ship wrecks for fun got a bit of a surprise on their last adventure. They didn't find a ship wreck. They found a plane wreck and solved a decades-old mystery in ...

  8. List of former Royal Air Force stations - Wikipedia

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    London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...

  9. Ballykelly - Wikipedia

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    RAF Ballykelly, a former Royal Air Force station in Ballykelly, County Londonderry; closed in 1971; RNAS Ballykelly (HMS Sealion), a former Royal Naval Air Station near Ballykelly, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

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