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===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>
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