Editing Avro Shackleton (section)

==Operators==
[[File:SAAF-Avro Shackleton-001.jpg|thumb|Retired ''SAAF 1721 N'', on permanent display at [[AFB Swartkop|Swartkop]]]]
[[File:Bomb Aimer Window-Avro Shackleton-001.jpg|thumb|upright|Bomb aimer's position and [[Low Level Bombsight, Mark III|bombsight]] on ''SAAF 1721 N'']]

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*[[South African Air Force]]
**[[35 Squadron SAAF]] received eight aircraft.
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*[[Royal Aircraft Establishment]] – Purchased a MR.3 in 1959.<ref name="aero75" />
*[[Royal Air Force]]
**[[No. 8 Squadron RAF]] – Formed in 1972 to operate the AEW.2 at [[RAF Kinloss]], moved to [[RAF Lossiemouth]] in 1973.<ref name="aero75" />
**[[No. 37 Squadron RAF]] – 1953–67, converted to the MR2 from the Lancaster GR3 at [[RAF Luqa]], moved to [[RAF Khormaksar]] in 1957, disbanded in 1967.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 37.</ref>
**[[No. 38 Squadron RAF]] – 1953–67, converted to the MR2 from the Lancaster GR3 at [[RAF Luqa]], moved to [[RAF Hal Far]] in 1965, disbanded in 1967.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 38.</ref>
**[[No. 42 Squadron RAF]] – 1952–71, formed at [[RAF St Eval]] with the MR1A (1952–54) and the MR2 (from 1953), moved to [[RAF St Mawgan]] in 1958, converted to the MR3 in 1965–66, converted to the Nimrod MR1 in 1971.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 39.</ref>
**[[No. 120 Squadron RAF]] – 1951–71, converted to the MR1 from the Lancaster GR3 in 1951 at [[RAF Kinloss]], moved to [[RAF Aldergrove]] in 1952, converted to the MR2 in 1953 and the MR3 in 1958, moved to [[RAF Kinloss]] in 1959, converted to the Nimrod MR1 in 1970.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 58.</ref>
**[[No. 201 Squadron RAF]] – 1958–70, re-numbered from 220 Squadron in 1958 operating the MR3 at [[RAF St Mawgan]], moved to [[RAF Kinloss]] in 1965, converted to Nimrod MR1 in 1970.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 67.</ref>
**[[No. 203 Squadron RAF]]- 1958–71, re-numbered from 240 Squadron at [[RAF Ballykelly]] in 1958 with the MR1A and MR3, converted to the MR2 in 1962 and back to the MR3 in 1966, moved to [[RAF Luqa]] in 1969, converted to Nimrod MR1 in 1971.<ref name="jefford68">Jefford 1988, p. 68.</ref>
**[[No. 204 Squadron RAF]] – 1954–71, formed at [[RAF Ballykelly]] with the MR2, also operated the MR1A (1958–60), and the MR2C (1959–71), disbanded in April 1971 and reformed at [[RAF Honington]] on the same day from the Majunga Detachment Support Unit with the MR2C, detachments to Majunga, Tengah and Masirah, disbanded in 1972.<ref name="jefford68" />
**[[No. 205 Squadron RAF]] – 1958–71, converted to the MR1 from the Sunderland GR5 at [[RAF Changi]], converted to the MR2C in 1962, disbanded in 1971.<ref name="jefford68" />
**[[No. 206 Squadron RAF]] – 1952–70, formed at [[RAF St Eval]] with the MR1A, also operated the MR2 from 1953 to 1954, moved to [[RAF St Mawgan]] in 1958 and converted to the MR3, moved to [[RAF Kinloss]] in 1965, converted to the Nimrod MR1 in 1970.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 69.</ref>
**[[No. 210 Squadron RAF]] – 1958–71, re-numbered from 269 Squadron with the MR2 at [[RAF Ballykelly]], disbanded in 1970, reformed the next day at [[RAF Sharjah]], disbanded in November 1971.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 70.</ref>
**[[No. 220 Squadron RAF]] – 1951–1958, formed at [[RAF Kinloss]] with the MR1A, moved to [[RAF St Eval]] in  1951, also operated the MR2 (1953–54), moved to [[RAF St Mawgan]] in 1956, operated the MR2 (1957) and the MR3 (1957–58), renumbered 201 Squadron in October 1958.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 72.</ref>
**[[No. 224 Squadron RAF]] – 1951–66, converted to the MR1 from the Halifax GR6 at [[RAF Gibraltar]], converted to the MR2 in 1953, disbanded in 1966.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 73.</ref>
**[[No. 228 Squadron RAF]] – 1954–59, formed with the MR2 from elements of 206 Squadron at [[RAF St Eval]], moved to [[RAF St Mawgan]] in 1956, moved back to [[RAF St Eval]] in 1958, disbanded in 1959.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 74.</ref>
**[[No. 240 Squadron RAF]] – 1952–1958, formed with the MR1 from elements of 120 Squadron at [[RAF Aldergrove]], moved to [[RAF St Eval]] in 1952 for a few months before moving to [[RAF Ballykelly]], operated the MR2 from 1953 to 1954, renumbered 203 Squadron in 1958.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 76.</ref>
**[[No. 269 Squadron RAF]] – 1952–58, formed with the MR1 from elements of 224 Squadron at [[RAF Gibraltar]], moved to [[RAF Ballykelly]] in 1952, also operated the MR2 (1953–54), also operated the MR2 in 1958 as they were renumbered 210 Squadron.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 81.</ref> 
** [[No. 236 Operational Conversion Unit RAF]] – 1951–56, received the first MR.1s in 1951 at [[RAF Kinloss]], redesignated the Maritime Operational Training Unit in 1956.<ref name="aero01" /> 
** Maritime Operational Training Unit, RAF – Redesignated from 236 OCU in 1956 with 15 MR.1As, the MR.1As were slowly replaced by T.4s, moved to [[RAF St Mawgan]] in 1965, the last T.4 was replaced by a T.2 in 1968.<ref name="aero01" />
** [[Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit RAF]] – 1951–60 at [[RAF St. Mawgan]]<ref>Avro(Hawker Siddeley) Shackleton Mks 1 to 4, Peter J. Howard, Profile Publications Limited, p.196</ref> and [[RAF Ballykelly]].<ref name="aero01" />
** Joint Anti-submarine School – Operated the MR.2 between 1954 and 1957 at [[RAF Ballykelly]].<ref name="aero75" />