Moore has been studying aircraft for over forty years and has had numerous books published on Soviet aviation, including the Il-2 Shturmovik, the Lavochkin fighters of the Second World War, and the Soviet Tu-2 medium bomber of the Second World War. His interest has not been limited to Soviet and Russian aviation, however, and he has always been interested in British aviation and has studied and modelled British aircraft for decades. One of his great interests has been British aircraft of the Second World War and post-war British piston-engined aircraft.
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Acknowledgements; Glossary of Terms; Timeline; Preface; Introduction; Avro Predecessors; Specification Table: Avro Predecessors; Second World War British Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft; Specification Table: Coastal Command Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Second World War; Post-War Coastal Command Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft; Development of the New British Post-War Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft; Phase Modifications; Centralised Maintenance; RAF Service (1951-1991); SAAF Service (1957-1984); The Shackleton in Detail; Specification Table: Shackleton Variants; Colour and Markings; A Flight in the 1950s; Growler Tales; Concluding Thoughts; Appendix I: Comparison with Other Post-War Multi-Piston-Engined Maritime Reconnaissance and ASW Aircraft; Appendix II: Specification Table: Comparable Post-War Aircraft; Appendix III: The Shackleton's Replacements; Appendix IV: Specification Table: The Shackleton's Replacements; Appendix V: The Shackleton in Plastic and Resin; Appendix VI: Survivors; Appendix VII: Shackleton Bases; Appendix VIII: Shackleton Squadrons; Appendix IX: Production Table; Appendix X: Individual Aircraft Histories; Appendix XI: Computer Game Appearances; Appendix XII: Network Resources; Bibliography; Index