Ep.209 - Cold War Coastal Command Avro Shakleton MR2 WR693

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25-08-2024 • 52 mins

There is a Shackleton that still ‘Growls’ and this chapter features Shackleton MR2 WR963, currently based at Coventry but with a major project underway to move her to Elvington and the Yorkshire Air Museum.

We speak to Richard Woods the driving force behind the project all about the aircraft and how to engineer the airframe when very few original engineers are still with us.

Recorded 25th July 2024

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Costal Command Series

· EP.208 – COLD WAR COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 11: THE OLD GREY LADY

· EP.207 – COLD WAR COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 10 – THE THREAT

· EP.132: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 9 – RAF THORNEY ISLAND

· EP.131: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 8 – THE FLEET AIR ARM

· EP.130: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 7 – AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED AIRCREWS

· EP.129: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 6 – THE ADVERSARIES

· EP.128: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 5 – KIWI CREWS

· EP.127 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 4: STRIKE WINGS

· EP.124 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 3: BATTLE FOR THE ATLANTIC

· EP.123 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 2: THE AIRCRAFT

· EP.122 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 1: ‘CONSTANT ENDEAVOUR (THE OVERVIEW)’

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