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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 1722.PDF
2 December 1955 841 •ft i SHACKLETON TOUR GLIMPSES of the recent Western Hemisphere tourby three Avro Shackleton M.R.2s of No. 228Squadron. At the head of the page is the arrival at Gibraltar, with the morning mist veiling the Rock.Crews travelling in the Shackleton captained by F/L. H. C. Pretty, D.F.M., are lined up, while the A.O.C.Gibraltar, A. Cdre. G. G. Barrett, C.B.E., greets the visiting officers. At top right L.A/C. Barker is ser-vicing a Griffon at Georgetown, British Guiana (shade temperature 107 deg). The Shackleton in flight (S/L.I. M. Harper) is beating up a line of Brazilian Air Force B-17s. On the left, at Recife, Brazil, A.V-M.G. W. Tuttle, C.B., O.B.E., D.F.C., force commander, chats with Brazilian naval and air officers. On theextreme right of the picture is Capt. J. C. Cockburn, D.S.C., R.N., British naval, military and air attachein Brazil. Taking a breather at lower left is Cpl. Tech. W. W. Burns, and the last view depicts officers of theVenezuelan Air Force, with, third from left, W/C. K. MacK. Murray, D.F.C., officer commanding No.228 Squadron. On the right of this picture is Col. Guerrero, Chief of the Venezuelan Air Staff.
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