Un Avro Shackleton AEW2 du 8 Sqn RAF après avoir procédé à un exercice de défense aérienne au-dessus de la mer du Nord avec un destroyer de la Marine royale en 1987. Le Shackleton servi avec la RAF de 1951 à 1991 à l'origine dans le rôle anti-sous-marine avant d'être remplacé par le jet powered Nimrod dans les années 1970. Plusieurs du type ont été convertis en AEW (Airborne Early Warning) et d'avions ont été retiré du service en 1991. Le Shackleton était un dérivé du bombardier Lincoln qui lui-même était dérivé de l'Avro Lancaster
4748 x 3554 px | 40,2 x 30,1 cm | 15,8 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
juillet 1987
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The Avro Shackleton was a long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the South African Air Force (SAAF). It was developed by Avro from the Avro Lincoln bomber, which itself had been a development of the Lancaster bomber. The Shackleton was developed during the late 1940s as part of Britain's military response to the rapid expansion of the Soviet Navy, in particular its submarine force. Produced as the primary type equipping RAF Coastal Command, the Type 696, as it was initially designated, incorporated major elements of the Lincoln, as well as the Avro Tudor passenger aircraft, and was furnished with extensive electronics suites in order to perform the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission along with a much improved crew environment to accommodate the long mission times involved in patrol work. Being known for a short time as the Lincoln ASR.3, it was decided that the Type 696 would be named Shackleton in service, after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. In April 1951, it entered service with the RAF. The Shackleton was used primarily in the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) roles; it was also frequently deployed as an aerial search and rescue (SAR) platform and for performing several other secondary roles such as mail delivery and as a crude troop-transport aircraft. In addition to its service with the RAF, South Africa also elected to procure the Shackleton to equip the SAAF. In South African service, the type was operated between 1957 and 1984. During the 1970s, the Shackleton was replaced in the maritime patrol role by Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. During its later life, a small number of the RAF's Shackletons received extensive modifications in order to adapt them to perform the airborne early warning (AEW) role. The type continued to be used in this support capacity until 1991, when it was replaced by the Boeing E-3