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===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"/>
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