In this feature we talk to Ian Chisolm, Secretary of the Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association, about the RAF’s Avro Shackleton.

Shackleton Mk3 – 120 Squadron

Ian logged over 3,000 hours as an Air Electronics Officer (AEO) in charge of a team of five SNCO Air Electronics Operators who manned the Radio, Radar and Underwater Acoustics systems as well as the 20mm Hispano cannons fitted in the nose turret and the pyrotechnics launchers for the night illumination system.

Hear what it was like on those long, arduous, noisy missions in the ‘Old Grey Lady’.

Recorded 7th July 2024

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Ian Chisolm

Shackleton Mk2 from 205 Sqn RAF Changi, Singapore, marking the 50th anniversary of the RAF (C) Ian Chisolm

Costal Command Series

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