An incident occurred on 269 Squadron at Christmas Island in September 1958.
After a Shack took off with a jury-strut left in one wheel assembly; another was scrambled for a visual inspection of the locked undercarriage, in the rush the crew of the second Shack left both their jury-struts in and so the Detachment was treated to the sight of two aircraft circling the field looking like lame ducks The following song was being sung that evening to the tune of "Island in the Sun".
Shack taxy out from the little hut,
in one wheel was a jury-strut,
Shack take-off into the morning sky,
one wheel hanging, way on high
C h o r u s
Oh Shackleton over the sea,
given to me by the Air Ministry
all my days I will sit and gaze
at your undercarriage that will not raise
Next Shack take-off into the blue,
with undercarriage locked down too
Crew all think it a fuse gone phut,
but everyone know its a jury-strut
(Chorus)
I see Shack going round and round,
Skipper wishing he was on the ground.
When making sure that the door is shut,
always look for the jury-strut
(Chorus)
JohnB