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A Tribute to some Long-serving
Warriors
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more Crusaders | and still more Crusaders |
The "Jersey Devils" traded their Darts in for F-16's not long after these photos were taken in 1987 (note 106B's on left). |
...Shackletons...
"the Shack" paid a visit to Dulles Airport on the way home from one of a very few visits to the U.S. A few months later, in July of 1991, the Shackleton's "Griffin Growl" would be heard no more after more than 40 years service.
Update courtesy of Steve P. - The aircraft shown here - WL790 - is a now
member of the Polar Aviation Museum
in Blaine, Minnesota.