The Avro Shackleton

摘要

In RAF hands it was a robust defender of British interests for four decades, despite being based on technology derived from shortly after World War Two. The Avro Shackleton entered RAF service in 1951 and the last examples were not retired until 1991. The type performed admirably in several roles, eventually being replaced by the HS Nimrod and the Boeing E-3 Sentry. Given that it was developed from the Avro Lincoln, itself derived from the wartime Lancaster, the Shackleton's long career is a tribute to its design team, led (like the Lancaster and Lincoln) by Roy Chadwick.