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Ep.208 – Cold War Coastal Command Chapter 11: The Old Grey Lady

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In this feature we talk to Ian Chisolm, Secretary of the Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association, about the RAF’s Avro Shackleton.

Ian logged over 3,000 hours as an Air Electronics Officer (AEO) in charge of a team of five SNCO Air Electronics Operators who manned the Radio, Radar and Underwater Acoustics systems as well as the 20mm Hispano cannons fitted in the nose turret and the pyrotechnics launchers for the night illumination system.

Hear what it was like on those long, arduous, noisy missions in the ‘Old Grey Lady’.

Recorded 7th July 2024

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  • Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association http://www.ccmaa.org.uk/

    • Costal Command Series

    • 207: COLD WAR COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 10 – THE THREAT
    • 132: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 9 – RAF THORNEY ISLAND
    • 131: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 8 – THE FLEET AIR ARM
    • 130: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 7 – AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED AIRCREWS
    • 129: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 6 – THE ADVERSARIES
    • 128: COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 5 – KIWI CREWS
    • 127 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 4: STRIKE WINGS
    • 124 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 3: BATTLE FOR THE ATLANTIC
    • 123 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 2: THE AIRCRAFT
    • 122 – COASTAL COMMAND CHAPTER 1: ‘CONSTANT ENDEAVOUR (THE OVERVIEW)’

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