No, the Anti-Sub radar behind the bomb bay!

It seems to suggest they are hoping for one, I was wondering why there was a pic of a 111 on the Waddington Airshow page. Just have to wait and see I guess. Fingers crossed…

To the original question, it would be relatively straight forward to convert a Shackleton Mk.2 to a Mk.1 as the airframe differences are confined to bolt on sections at the fusalage transport joints.
The nose joint is just ahead of the cockpit and bomb bay, it would be a case of taking the original nose section off and fitting the replacement section.
The same goes for the extreme tail section, it being solid and blunt shaped on the 1, and transparent and cone shaped on the 2.
The ventral ‘dust bin’ radome area of the Mk.2 would be fairly easy to remove and re-fabricate flush with the fusalage underside.

However you would only create something that looks like a Mk.1 Shack as the interior and equipment is very different to the later marks.
With only two nose sections, and no tail sections that I know of in existance, the reality of such an excercise is something else.

…Sure that’s pretty much what I’ve said…

I think we both made similar points if you read back; in that it’s mostly just a question of swapping bolt-on fuselage extremities, removing the dustbin hole and having to totally re-fit the innards. OK so you mentioned bolting the different nose on, I took that as already read, and I mentioned the different tailwheel setup and turret options. But come on, I think we were both talking along the same lines really!

If I may be forgiven for the gentle thread bump, this survey is still open until the 28th if anyone else would like to put in a word for us. Thank you!

Apologies, only just found this thread. Done with pleasure, good luck and keep up the good work. And I hope your rummage for your nuts meets with success…;)

ASR Sea King, didn’t get the serial, heading along the A63 westbound on the back of an artic yesterday afternoon. Maybe not history yet, but they will be very soon… 🙁

A reasonable number of bombers went in there. I should really go and see if he still has his wreck charts, obviously it doesn’t show types but it shows stuff like ‘plane’, ‘boat’, ‘submarine’ IIRC…

After a good storm bits of ally and other stuff are common. My mate lives at Skipsea and remembers the remains of a couple of .303’s attached to a bit of turret coming ashore about 10-15 years ago there. Think they disappeared to a private collector. .303 rounds, both spent cases and unfired, appear regularly, as do munitions of a far more recent vintage from the former range at Cowden.

This is a decent bit I’ve kept, as well as a few .303 cases and some other odds and sods…