Avro Shackleton

Barry Jones recalls his interest in aviation being born with his first sight of an aircraft on the ground, at the British Industries Fair held at Castle Bromwich in 1931. On leaving Banbury County School he became a very junior illustrator at the Ministry of Aircraft Production, before joining the Royal Air Force. After the war he returned to technical illustrating, first as the artist responsible for the Inter Services Aircraft Recognition Journal, then for a five-year period with Flight and six years in the Technical Publication Department of Vickers-Armstrongs Aircraft. Since the early 1960s he has followed a freelance career of illustrating, photography and writing for the aircraft and automobile industriesJones, Barry is the author of 'Avro Shackleton' with ISBN 9781861264497 and ISBN 1861264496.