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==Survivors== [[File:Avro Shackleton Mk.3 SAAF.jpg|thumb|''SAAF 1722 P'', the last flying Shackleton MR.3]] [[File:Shackleton AEW.JPG|thumb|A Shackleton AEW.2 on display at the [[Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester|Science and Industry Museum in Manchester]]]] A complete list is available here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrowler.org.uk/avroshackleton/surviving-avro-shackletons.htm|title=The Shackleton Association - Surviving Avro Shackletons|website=Thegrowler.org.uk|access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> ===Cyprus=== ;Stored or under restoration *AEW.2 ''WL747'' stands abandoned at the western end of runway 11/29 at [[Paphos International Airport]], Cyprus.<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2">{{cite book|title=Avro Shackleton – The Grey Lady|last=Calloway|first=Tim|date=29 August 2014|publisher=Aviation Classics|series=Aviation Classics|location=Lincolnshire, UK|pages=126–128|issue=24}}</ref> *MR/T.2 ''WR967'' 'Dodo' Ex Crew Trainer. Paphos dump. *[https://nic-project.com/virtual-tours/avro-shackleton?media-index=3 MR3 ''XF700'' Nicosia dump]. ===South Africa=== ;On display *SAAF 1721 on display at the South African Air Force Museum, [[AFB Swartkop|Swartkop]].<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2"/><ref>[http://www.af.mil.za/news/2006/174.htm "SAAF Museum Shackleton 1721 shining bright."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150440/http://www.af.mil.za/news/2006/174.htm |date=13 April 2014 }} ''af.mil.za'', Retrieved: 12 April 2014.</ref> *SAAF 1722 commonly known as 'Pelican 22' was the last airworthy Shackleton MR.3. The aircraft is owned by the [[South African Air Force Museum]] based at [[AFB Ysterplaat]]. It was one of eight Shackletons operated by the [[South African Air Force]] from 1957 to 1984. Airworthy but has been grounded for safety and preservation reasons as well as for a lack of qualified crew.<ref>Teale, Chris [http://www.af.mil.za/news/2007/126.htm "Shackleton 1722 Video Launch."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723064417/http://www.af.mil.za/news/2007/126.htm |date=23 July 2011 }} ''af.mil.za'', 28 June 2007.</ref><ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2"/> *SAAF 1723 at Vic's Viking Garage, next to the Golden Highway, [[Meredale]], [[Johannesburg]].<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.howzit.co.za/|title=Howzit FREE Classifieds, South Africa|website=Howzit.co.za|access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://www.saamuseum.co.za/our-aircraft/74.html "Vickers Viking VC1A."] ''Saamuseum.co.za'', Retrieved: 12 April 2014.</ref> ===United Kingdom=== [[File:Shackleton-WR974-313.jpg|MR.3 at the Gatwick Aviation Museum|thumb|right]] ;Stored or under restoration *MR.2 ''WR963'', formerly located at [[Coventry Airport]]; engines could be run on this airframe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoPckx3KIE|title=Avro Shackleton W963 & de Havilland Vampire W2507 Engine runs live!|access-date=19 April 2022|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Aircraft is being relocated to [[Yorkshire Air Museum]] at [[Elvington, North Yorkshire|Elvington]] near [[York]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ibbotson |first=Jerry |date=2024-02-02 |title=Shackleton WR963 Update by Graham Buckle |url=https://yorkshireairmuseum.org/shackleton-wr963-update-by-graham-buckle/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Yorkshire Air Museum |language=en-GB}}</ref> ;On display *MR.1 ''VP293'' Nose section: owned by Norman Thelwell and on loan to the Shackleton Aviation Group. *MR.1 ''WG511'' Fuselage: Cornwall Aero Park, Helston. *MR.2 ''WL756'' Forward nose at Caernafon, N.Wales. *MR.2 ''WL795'' at [[RAF St. Mawgan]], [[England]].<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2"/><ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafstmawgan/rafcms/mediafiles/999C5E1B_5056_A318_A88ECCCD6DAA03E5.pdf "Exploring Royal Air Force History."] ''Royal Air Force'', Retrieved: 12 April 2014.</ref> *AEW.2 ''WR960'' at the Avro Heritage Museum in Woodford. (Following the closure of the MOSI Air & Space Hall in Manchester) *MR.3 ''WR971'' at Fuselage section: Fenland and West Norfolk Aviation Museum, Wisbech Cambs. *MR.3 ''WR974'' at South Wales Aviation Museum, St. Athan, Glamorgan. *MR.3 ''WR977'' at [[Newark Air Museum]], England.<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2"/><ref>[http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/aircraft_list.html "Aircraft list."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228141108/http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/aircraft_list.html |date=28 December 2013 }} ''Newark Air Museum'', Retrieved: 12 April 2014.</ref> *MR.3 ''WR982'' at [[Gatwick Aviation Museum]], England. Engines can be run on this airframe.<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2"/><ref name="gatwick">[http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/shack/shack.html "Avro Shackleton Mk3 PH3."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406205550/http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/shack/shack.html |date=6 April 2014 }} ''gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk'', Retrieved: 12 April 2014.</ref> *MR.3 ''WR985'' at Long Marston Airfield, Warwickshire (derelict). *MR.3 ''XF708'' at the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford|Imperial War Museum]], Duxford, England.<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2"/> ===Western Sahara=== [[File:SAAF Avro Shackleton MR3 Shevelev-2.jpg|thumb|''SAAF 1716 J'' ('Pelican 16'), crashed in the Sahara in 1994]] * SAAF 1716 J ''Pelican 16'' in the Sahara Desert ({{coord|22.630489|-13.237356}}) approximately 2 hours from [[Zouérat]], where it crashed while en route to [[IWM Duxford]] for preservation on July 13, 1994. The airframe sustained moderate damage during the accident but remained intact, and has remained in place at the crash site to the present day. All 19 of the aircraft's crew survived the incident.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickens |first=Peter |date=2016-01-23 |title=The sad fate of Pelican 16 |url=https://samilhistory.com/2016/01/23/the-sad-fate-of-pelican-16/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=The Observation Post |language=en}}</ref> ===United States=== ;On display *AEW.2 ''WL790'' (N790WL) at [[Pima Air & Space Museum]], Tucson, Arizona, USA.<ref name="AvClassics24-Survivors2" /><ref>[http://www.pimaair.org/visit/aircraft-by-name/item/avro-aew-2-shackleton "Shackleton."] ''Pima Air & Space Museum'', Retrieved: 12 April 2014.</ref>
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