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

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  Contact Us: ⁠[email protected]⁠  Xtended Link Tree https://linktr.ee/aviationxtended Contact Xtended: [email protected] Ian Chisolm 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)’ Please leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your podcast playing app. Here is a link to all the pod players: https://pod.link/1611149544 Aviation Xtended Partners Royal Aeronautical Society  Global Aviation Resource  XTPMedia  Ellie Carter  Show Supporters  The Aviation Historian http://www.theaviationhistorian.com/  Aviation Enthusiasts Book Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/359410134220076   Xtended Podcast family  AeroSociety https://www.aerosociety.com/events/catch-up-on-events/video-audio-archive/   AirplaneGeeks http://www.airplanegeeks.com/   PCDU https://www.planecrazydownunder.com/   Wings Over New Zealand Show http://cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show.html  You can shop through this Amazon link (No cost to you but a small benefit to us):• https://www.amazon.co.uk/?tag=xtenaeroradi-21&linkCode=ur1 For Aviation and Aerospace Podcasts join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FlightAudioandVideo/