In the late 1940s, as the Soviet Navy rapidly expanded and submarine threats grew more sophisticated, the Royal Air Force urgently needed an aircraft capable of long-range maritime patrol. The answer ...
At head of title: Avro. "This book has been written to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Avro Shackleton"--P. [4]. Subtitle on cover: The first forty years.
Work to rebuild a submarine-hunting aircraft at a top York attraction is ready to begin. All the sections of the the Avro Shackleton – a cousin of the iconic Lancaster bomber – which was used to track ...