The Last Mk 3
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Sorry, that was somewhat tongue in cheek. I think what happened was that there was an official 'farewell to the Shackleton' event at ISK where they were all due to fly off to either Cosford or Kemble, but on the day one was u/s so they put in what was to become 8 Sqn's first hangar. It was still there being worked on when we started arriving in November '72, but soon departed on its one way trip (although we on 8 were tasked with delivering some of the Mk3s from Kemble around the country for airfield fire practice - after we had left them; who remembers the 'Save the Shackleton, Burn Valley' campaign?)