APPENDIX III

Shackleton Conservation

3.60. 49MU Phase II mods 8.61 to 10.61.203Sqn 10.61. 23MU mods 3.62. 201Sqn8.62. Phase III mods 11.64 to 12.65. 42Sqn12.65. Viper installation 9.66 to 1.67.Bitteswell mods 11.68 to 1.69. KinlossWing (loan) 7.69 to 9.69. Return 42Sqn.Withdrawn from service 2.70. In truction-al Airframe Number 8089M allocated, butnot is ued. Fire fighting practice, t Maw-gan 3.70. Burnt.

XF707 First flight 1.59. A&AEE coolingof A V21 radar assessment 2.59. Phase Imods, then 201Sqn 2.59. Cat. 3 repairs3.60 to 5.60. Phase II mods and repairs4.62 to 6.63. 206Sqn 7.63. Phase III mods2.65 to 12.65. 42Sqn 1.66. Viper installa-tion 5.67 to 1.68. Return 42Sqn 1.68.Withdrawn from service 28.4.71. Fi refighting practice, Benson 28.4.71. Struckoff charge, Cat. 5 scrap.

XF708 First flight 1.59. Phase I mods,then 201Sqn 1.3.59. Phase II mods 5.62 to8.63. 120Sqn 8.63. Phase III mods and var-ious mod trials, all completed 6.2.67.203 qn 2.67. 5MU torage 1.72. ImperialWar Museum, Duxford 23.8.72.

XF709 First flight 3.59. Phase I mods,then 201Sqn 4.59. Phase II mods 7.62 to10.63. 120Sqn 10.63. Pha e III mods andViper installation 10.65 to 7.66. 203Sqn8.66. HSA new tailplane de-icing systemtrials 5.3.69 to 6.5.69. Kinloss Wing 5.69.Bitteswell mods 10.69 to 11.69. 32MU30.7.70. NEA 30.7.70. Struck off charge,Cat. 5 scrap 1.10.71.

XF710 First flight3.59. Phase I mods, then201Sqn 4.59. Cat. 3 repair 1.60. Phase IImods 8.62 to 11.63. 120Sqn 11.63. Crash-landed Culloden Moor, Inverness 10.1.64.Struck off charge, Cat. 5 scrap 1.64.

XF711 First flight 4.59. Phase I mods, then20lSqn 5.59. Cat. 3 repair 12.59. SBACDisplay, take-off for 22-hour patrol, return-ing next day, throughout week 5.9.60 to11.9.60. Phase II mods 12.61 to 1.62. MoAAir Fleet (loan) new Phase III trials, thenWoodford for rebuild 11.1.62. A&AEEtropical trials, Idris 17.7.64 to 5.9.64. Return

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Woodford handling trials, then St Mawgan,take-off perfonnance trials 5.9.64 to28.4.65. A&AEE handling techniques28.4.65 to 9.6.65. Phase III mods 9.6.65 to6.12.65. 42Sqn 22.3.66. Viper installation6.67 to 9.68. Kinloss Wing 9.68. 42 qn2.70. Bitteswell mods 12.70 to 2.71. Return42Sqn. Withdrawn from service 6.71. Firefighting practice, Abingdon 7.6.71. Struckoff charge, Cat. 5 scrap 6.71.

XF730 First flight 5.59. Phase I mods, then206Sqn 6.59. Cat. 3 repair 7.60 to 8.60.201 qn 12.61. Phase II mods and repairs9.62 to 12.63. 120Sqn 12.63. Phase 1II modsand Viper installation, then A&AEE trials6.65 to 6.66. 42Sqn 6.66. Bitteswell mods8.68 to 9.68,5.69 to 7.69 and 9.70 to 10.70.Withdrawn from service 24.6.71. Fire fight-ing practice, Kinloss 6.71. Struck off charge,Cat. 5 scrap 6.71.

Contract No. 6/A FT.III06/CB6(a) datedJuly 1954, covering thirteen MR.3s, serialnumbers XG912 to XG924, was cancelled on14 February 1956.

Contract No. BI/8129 dated March 1954,covering eight M R.3s for the South AfricanGovernment, serial numbers 1716 to 1723.

1716 First flight 29.3.57. Accepted 35SqnSAAF 16.5.57. St Mawgan work-up21.5.57. Left for Cape Town 13.8.57.Arrived 18.8.57. Phase mods incorporatedover years. Wing re-sparring 3.73 to 4.76.SAAF Museum, Swartkop 4.12.84. Air-worthy 1994. Crashed Sahara Desert, enroute to UK, 13.7.94.

1717 First flight 6.5.57. Accepted 35SqnSAAF 16.5.57. St Mawgan work-up21.5.57. Left for Cape Town 13.8.57.Arrived 18.8.57. Phase mods incorporatedover years. Wing re-sparring 9.75 to 10.77.Withdrawn from service, Ysterplaat AFBstorage. Natal Parks Board Museum 10.87.Sold private businessman, Stanger, Kwazu-lu, Natal.

1718 First flight 13.5.57. Accepted 35SqnSAAF 16.5.57. St Mawgan work-up. Leftfor Cape Town 13.8.57. Arrived 18.8.57.

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Wheels-up landing D. F Malan Airport9.11.59. Repaired 59.60. Crashed Wem-mershook Mountains 8.8.63.

1719 First flight 6.9.57. Accepted 35SqnSAAF 1.58. Left for Cape Town 8.2.58.Arrived 13.2.58. Return d UK, trainingwith Coastal Command 25.2.63. ReturnSouth Africa 1.4.63. Phase mods incor-prated over years. Withdrawn from service24.4.78. Ysterplaat AFB storage. Stellen-bosch airfield display outside clubhouse.Cape Town Waterfront complex 1991.Later scrapped.

1720 First flight 26.9.57. Accepted35Sqn SAAF 1.58. Left for Cape Town8.2.58. Arrived 13.3.58. Damaged D. F.Malan Airport 18.9.61. Repaired on site.Phase mods incorporated over years.Withdrawn from ervice 10.3. 3. Yster-plaat AFB Warrant Officer's Club, 1719'smarkings. Correct markings later restored.

1721 First flight 12.12.57. Accepted35Sqn SAAF 30.1.58. St Eval 13.2.58.Left for Cape Town 14.2.58. Arrived26.2.58. Wheels-up landing YsterplaatAFB 10.9.62. Repaired. Phase mods incor-porated over years. Retirement flight D. FMalan Airport 23.11.84. SAAF MuseumSwartkop 12.84.

1722 First flight 7.2.58. Accepted 35SqnSAAF 10.2.58. Left for Cape Town14.2.58. Arrived 26.2.58. Nose-wheel col-lapse Langebaanweg 7.6.60. Repaired.Phase mods incorporated over years.Return UK, JASS course 28.6.64.Returned South Africa 30.7.64. Retire-ment flight D. F Malan Airport 23.11.84.35 qn retains aircraft in flying conditionfor SAAF Museum.

1723 First flight 10.2.58. Accepted 35SqnSAAF 4.2.58. Left for Cape Town 14.2.58.Hydraulic failure, divert Ysterplaat AFB,ran off runway 26.2.58. Repaired. Phasemods incorporated over years. Withdrawnfrom service 22.11.77. Ysterplaat AFB stor-age. Sold Vic de Villiers, mounted on roof'Vic's Viking' garage, Johannesburg.

The Shackleton has not fared very well, sofar as conservation is concerned, mainly dueto the attentions of the scrap merchantsand official arsonists. Only one guaranteedflying example is left in the world. The fol-lowing aircraft, or parts of them, have beenconfirmed at the time of writing.

Shackleton MR.2

WL798 Private collection, Elgin, Scotland(front fuselage only)

Shackleton AEW.2

WL756 Last heard of on dump at RAF StMawgan, CornwallWL795 RAF t Mawgan, CornwallWR960 Museum of Science and Industry,Greater ManchesterWR963 Air Atlantique Historic Flight,Baginton, Warwickshire

WR963 AEW.2 shares the sunshine with Dakotas atBaginton.

Shackleton MR.3

WR971 Wellesley Aviation, Narborough,Norfolk (fuselage only)WR974 Peter Vallance Collection,Charlewood, SurreyWR977 Newark Air Mu eum, WinthorpeShow Ground, Newark, NottinghamshireWR985 Jet Aviation Preservation Group,Long Marston, Warwick hireXF708 Imperial War Museum, Duxford,Cambridgeshire

Shackleton T.4

VP293 Avro Heritage Society, WoodfordAirfield, Manchester (fronc fuselage only)WG511 Cornwall Aero Park, Helston,Cornwall (front fuselage only)

A small number of Shackletons still existoutside the UK, with South Africa beingthe principal country of conservation(their preserved Shackle tons represent62.5 per cent of the total number that theyreceived). The following aircraft havebeen confirmed at the time of writing:

189

Cyprus (both AEW.2s)

WL747 Paphos International AirportWL757 Paphos International Airport

South Africa (all MR.3s)

1717 Private collector, Stanga, Kwazulu,Natal1720 Ysterplaat Air Force base1721 SAAF Museum, Swartkop1722 No. 35 Squadron, SAAF, on behalfof SAAF Museum, Swartkop1723 'Vic's Viking' garage, Johannesburg

United States of America(AEW.2)

WL790 Polar Aviation Museum, AnokaCounty Airport, Blaine, Minnesota(N790WL)

IndexAirborne Early Warning (AEW) radar 135-8,141,142

Airborne Lifeboat 72, 73

Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) 141, 146

Aircraft & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE)40,41,51,60,69-71,82,97,105,151

Air Sea Warfare Development Unit (A WDU) 48,57,77-9,

91, 174

Aldergrove 46,58,62,70,77,81,101,161,172,173

AN/AP -20 radar 138,139,150

Armstrong Siddeley Viper 102-4, 107

A V radar 17,18,20,21,32,34,57,60,67,74,86,102,136

A.V. Roe & o. Ltd (Avro)Anson 10, II, 14,21

Ashton 29,36

LalKa ter 15,26.27,31,43,46,54,73,87

LalKa trian 25, 27, 2 ,30, 58

Lincoln 2 ,29,31, 133, 134

Manchester 23, 26

Tudor 25, 28-30

Type 534 Baby 6, 24

York 25-7

Avro Shackleton:

AEW.2 106,134, 141, 145-53, 155-60, 167, 170, 189

MR.I 41,43-7,49,52,53,56,57,59,65-9,88,89,106,

119,130,131,162,165-7,170-2,174-6

MR.IA 47-52,54-8,60,62,65,66,70,71,74,77, 87, 88,

127,130-2,164,165,170-2,174,177,179

MR.2 6,7,42,49,55,57,5 ,67-93, 102, 106, 113, 119,

120, lZZ-8, 130-2,148-50,161,163,170-4,177,179,

180, 1 4, 189

MR.3 61,93-108,119,132,169-72,174, I 4,185,187-9

MR.3 (SAAF) 110-12, 114-16, 118, 132, 188, 189

MR.4 project 134

MR.5 project 134

Prototypes 30,31.34,35.37-43,67,134.175

T2 82, 92, 170, 174

T4 58,60.62-6,84,85. 103, 106, 129, 133, 170, 189

BAe Nimrod 107, 135, 140-2, 144-7, 170-2

Baginton 152

Baker, Johnny 37,38

Ballykelly 48,49,52,56,77.81,89,91, 102, 108, 123, 124,

128,129, 131, 161, 156,167, 170, 171,173,174

Beira Patrol IZZ, 123

Bitte well 60, 62, 98, 150, 152, 156

Blue Danube 129Boeing E-3 (NATO) 140,141,144,146,155

Boeing Sentry 141, 146,147, 149, 159

Borneo Confrontation 128

Catterick, Fire School at 150, 152

Central Servicing Development Establishment (CSDE) 56

Chadwick, Roy 6, 7, 10, 11,23,24,34, 155

Christmas Island 129

hurchill, Winston 9,15,18,21,135

Consolidated Catalina 16,17,20,21,46, 127

onsol ida ted Liberator 16, 18, 2 I, 46, 151

o ford. Aerospace Museum 152

Curtiss H.4 8, 9

De Havilland Comet 142

Douglas DC- 141

Douglas kyraider 138, 150

Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) 70,81,99, 103

Exercise Encompass IZ1, 1ZZ

Fairey Gannet 138, 139, 149, 150, 152

Far East Air Force (FEAF) 77,89,92, 127, 128, 171

Felixstowe F2 8, 9

Fleet Air Arm (FAA) 9

Focke Wulf Fw 200 135

GEC Marconi/Avionic 142, 145,146

General Aircraft Hamilcar 136, 137

Gibraltar 7,46,76,79, 7, 127, 130, 159, 172

Glow WOlin rocket flare 111, 113Greater Manche ter Museum of cience & Industry 152Green Satin radar 102

Green Silk radar 102

Heinkel He 115 15

HzS radar 17Hucknall 40, 54

Institute of Aviation Medicine (lAM) 93,95

190

Joint Anti- ubmarine School (JA ) 48,49,56.65.77,82,

9, 174

Khormaksar 77-9,84,91, 1ZZ-5, 161,170

Kinloss 49,50,57,60,105- , 149,151,163.168,170-2

Langar 43,46,58,60,62,70,82, 4, 5,97

Leigh Light 18,48

Lindholme Gear 73,74,82,99,111,114,131

Lockheed Hudson 10, 14, 17, 19,20

Lockheed N ptune ZZ

Lockheed Type 14 9, 10

Lo iem uth 58,147,152, 156,157,170

Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) 78-80

Majunga Detachment Support Unit 49

Maritime Op rational Training Unit (MOTU) 55, 56, 58,

60-2, 82, 85, 174

Middle East Air Force (MEAF) 78

Mini try of Aircraft Production (MAP) 26

Ministry of Aviation (MoA) Air Fleet 151

apier omad 133, 134

orth Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) 49,141,142,

144, 146, 156

Operation:

Buffalo 129hallenger 1ZZ

Globetrotter 132Grapple 49,52,77, 129, 130Hawk Moth 128Hurricane 129Mizar 123Mosaic 130Musketeer 12 I, 1ZZ

Orange Harvest radar 78,86, 102Orrell, Jimmy 34,36,40

Radar Research Establi hment (RRE) 69, 70, 143

RAF Bomber Command 9, 17

RAFCoastalCommand 9,11,15.17,1 ,21,ZZ,41,43.46,

62,71,73,77,81,85,89,163

RAF Handling quadron 46,59,70,99

RAF Maintenance Units (MUs):

5MU 107, 150, 152, 160, 174

12MU 174

23MU 46,62,70,81,99, 174

27MU 81,82,127,174

32MU 92, 152, 174

38MU 46, 55, 78, 82, 174

J DEX

49MU 60,77,79,81, 101, 103, 130, 174

60M 174

71MU 174

103MU 174

137MU 77, 174

390MU 174

RAF Operational Conversion nit (2360CU) 4 ,54,57,5 ,

61,159,170

RAF quadrons:

Sqn 58,85,125,126,147, 149-56,158,160,163,164,

167, 170

37 Sqn 77,78,82,83, 9, 119, 1ZZ, 123, 125-7, 161, 170

38Sqn 74,79,81-3,85,91,119,120,123,170

42 Sqn 52,61,77,84,89,98,110,120,121, 123-5, 127,

131,170120 Sqn 46,50,65,66,77,89, 100-2, 105,107, 163, 170

201 qn 61,102,106,107,171

203 Sqn 22,80,91,101,105,107,128,171

204 Sqn 11,49,77,81,82, 9,91,92,110, 1ZZ, 123,

128-32,14 ,166, 171

205 qn 55,77,81-3,92,123, 1Z4, 127, 128,131,14 ,16 ,

171

206 qn 51,55,71,75,77, 1,89,100-2,105,106-, 1ZZ,

132,165-7,171

210 Sqn ZZ,77, 2,87, 9,91,101,106,123,125,127,12 ,

131.132,150,161,167,171

ZZO qn 10,50,61,77,82, 7,89,99,106, 162, 163, 166,

171ZZ4 Sqn 10,46,49,51,52,57,71,76,77,79,80,82.87,

89,90,127,131.171,173

ZZ8 Sqn 71,82,89,92, 1ZZ, 163, 171

240 qn 26,49,50,65,66,77,89,101,129,130,132,162,

173269 Sqn 46,49,53,55,65,66,77,89,129, 130,162,165,

171

RN Squadrons:

849 qn 138, 152

892 Sqn 153

Rolls-Royce engines:

Griffon 7,27,30,33,41,43,54,58,86,92,95,98, 103,

105, 108, 114, 116, 130-4, 156, 161

Merlin 26

Vulture 25

Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) 17,23,41,63,65,70,71.

73,10

Sahara desert crash 116-18

aunders Roe London 11, 12, 14

Search & Rescue Automatic Homing (SARAH) 43, 114Shackleton, Sir Ernest 6, 7

hort Singapore 11,13,14

191

Short Sunderland 11, l3-15, 20, 93,107,109,110, 11Lociety of British Aircraft Constructors (SBAC) 38, 56, 74,

94,96,99, 142, 144outh African Air Force (SAAF) L09-L6, LI8

specifications:42/46 37B.I/35 20B.12/36 23G.18/35 10GR.17/45 138P13/26 23R.5/46 30, 3L, 4 ,67,119R.24/ L 11

St Eval 55,81,82,89, 124, 166, 170, 172--4t Mawgan 48,54,57,61,78,79,82,84,85,98,122,123,

152, 166, 171, 173

II DEX

upermarineStranraer 11,12, L4

TA ticaL Air Navigation (TACA ) 70TeLecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) 135-7Thor ICBM 172, 174Trenchard, Sir Hugh Montague 9Tupolev Tu-20 Bear 153, 154

Vickers-Armstrongs Vildebeest 14, 15Vickers-Armsrrongs Warwick 19-22,32Vickers-Armsrrongs Wellington 18, 19, 21, l35, 135

Waddington 147, 160Westland Sea King 139, L71Woodford 27,37,40,41,58,60,67,69,70,85,94,95,97,

102,104,133,151,160

192

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