The Shackleton was powered by four Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 V-12 engines, each driving contra-rotating propellers. This configuration earned the aircraft its nickname, “The Growler,” due to the ...

The Avro Shackleton – a cousin of the iconic Lancaster bomber – was used to track Soviet submarines in UK waters, and to aid in search and rescue operations, from the 1950s to the early 1990s.

The Avro Shackleton – a cousin of the iconic Lancaster bomber – was used to track Soviet submarines in UK waters, and to aid in search and rescue operations, from the 1950s to the early 1990s.

The Shackleton, a four-engined relative of the famous Lancaster bomber, is too large to move in one go, so it's having to be dismantled, and the parts despatched north in stages.

All the sections of the the Avro Shackleton – a cousin of the iconic Lancaster bomber – which was used to track Soviet submarines in UK waters, have made it to the Yorkshire Air Museum in ...

The Avro Shackleton – a cousin of the iconic Lancaster bomber – was used to track Soviet submarines in UK waters, and to aid in search and rescue operations, from the 1950s to the early 1990s.