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    Airframe Family: Avro 696 Shackleton
    Latest Model:Shackleton MR.3
    Last Military Serial:WR971 RAF
    Compressed ID:Avro Shackleton MR.3 sn WR971 RAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Morayvia Aerospace Collection, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Shackleton MR.3.

    28 May 1956

    First flight.

    12 December 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WR971.

    14 December 1970

    New serial number assigned: 8119M RAF
    Maintenance serial.

    By 2002

    To Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, Walsoken/Walton Highway, Norfolk, England.
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    19 March 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at West Walton Highway, Norfolk, England

    19 March 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at West Walton Highway, Norfolk, England

    27 August 2023

    To Morayvia Aerospace Collection, Kinloss, Moray, Scotland.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100 to WZ999 (1996, ISBN 0 85130 314 5) by James Halley
    Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100 to WZ999 (2003, ISBN 0 85130 321 8) by James Halley
    Wrecks and Relics
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Alex Shields
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