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.

An aircraft has been taken apart to be moved after more than 25 years outside an RAF base. A group of enthusiasts bought the Avro Shackleton MR2C from the Ministry of Defence for £24,780. The ...

A £5m appeal has been launched to get a Shackleton aircraft back in the skies. The plane clocked up about 15,000 hours of service for the RAF from the 1950s through to its retirement in 1991 and ...

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.

An aircraft has been taken apart to be moved after more than 25 years outside an RAF base. A group of enthusiasts bought the Avro Shackleton MR2C from the Ministry of Defence for £24,780.