THE AVRO SHACKLETON

The Avro Shackleton

Was a long-range British

Maritime patrol aircraft

Which came into service

With the RAF in 1951

It was a distant cousin

Of the legendary Lancaster

Which evolved first

Into the Lincoln

And then into the Shackleton

Its speciality was

Anti-submarine warfare

Then airborne early warning

And search and rescue

It was finally retired in 1990