1949 to 1991 (all marks)

Insights into the design, construction, operation and restoration of a classic piston-engine warbird

--- TABLE DES MATIERES / CONTENTS --- Contents CE |Acknowledgements Introduction IE History of the Shackleton ‘Shackleton’ First prototype First flight Second prototype Third prototype Into production Deliveries commence Enter the Shackleton MR.2 MR.2 development work Shackleton MR.3 Prototype MR.3 lost Shackleton trainers MR.3 upgrades Phase 3 brings jet power MR.2 upgrades Export order from South Africa Stop-gap AEW 4 AVRO SHACKLETON MANUAL, a 21 23 23 24 25 26 26 26 [] [28 | Shackleton at peace | Into service 30 Goodwill ambassadors 34 Royal escorts 35 MOTU 36 JASS Flight 38 Development work and service trials 39 Institute of Aviation Medicine 41 Christmas drops to weather ships and fisheries protection vessels 42 Search and rescue 43 Oceanic survey work 44 ASWDU 44 Buckets of sunshine 45 Operation Grapple reminiscences 46 s D EM [Shackleton at war The Cyprus emergency 52 Suez 53 Malaya 54 Oman 54 Help for Jordan 55 Kuwait emergency 56 Borneo 57 British Guiana 58 Rhodesia and the ‘Beira Patrols’ 58 South Arabia and the Radfan 59 Belize 62 SAAF in Angola 63 RIGHT A pair of Avro Shackleton MR.2s of 42 Squadron, based at RAF St Mawgan, Cornwall, photographed in flight in 1963. The…