‘The Avro Shackleton’ The Long-Serving ‘Growler’ by Jason Nicholas Moore is a new comprehensive history and reference on the Avro Shackleton, the long-serving maritime reconnaissance and early warning RAF aircraft

Long-ranged maritime reconnaissance aircraft had been a part of British wartime strategy since the First World War in the form of flying boats. During the Second World War, flying boats were increasingly replaced by land-based aircraft, such as the American Lend-Lease Flying Fortresses and Liberators. After the war, these aircraft were replaced by a purpose- built aircraft, the Avro Shackleton, which traced its ancestry through the Lincoln and Lancaster all the way back to the early Second World War bomber, the Manchester. The Avro Shackleton comprehensively describes the long road this development took. The Shackleton went through two major changes – from the MR.1 to the MR.2, then from the MR.2 to the MR.3. Along with a detailed technical description of the Shackleton and its weaponry, photographs and accurate colour profiles accompanies the text to illustrate the Shackleton. This aircraft is compared and contrasted with its post-war piston-engine counterparts. Its former use with the United Kingdom and South Africa is described. The current survivors, an MR.2 (WR963) in the United Kingdom and an AEW.2 (WL790) in the United States, are described in great detail.

• Comparison of the Avro Shackleton with other maritime reconnaissance aircraft, both British and foreign
• Detailed histories of two survivors: WR963 and WL790
• Stunningly accurate and unpublished colour profiles commissioned especially for this book
• The most ambitious and highly detailed book on the Avro Shackleton yet published

Publication: 8 August 2023

Price: £40.00/$60.00

ISBN: 978-1-78155-886-7

Size: 248 x 172 mm

Binding: Hardback

Extent: 352 pages

Illustrations: 224 mono/76 colour

Rights: World, all languages

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