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Air-to-Air Refuelling Plan, Marham News, South Atlantic Special 1982
Library, London, Hangar Six, X008-4556
The refuelling plan on display is for Operation BLACK BUCK, which required 18 tanker sorties to fuel one Vulcan bomber on a 6,800-mile roundtrip to attack targets on the Falkland Islands. At the time, these were the longest bombing missions ever flown.
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- 55 Squadron (RAF)
- 57 Squadron (RAF) [2]
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- 214 Squadron (RAF) [1]
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- Falklands Conflict, 1982 [2]
- Port Stanley airfield attacks, 1982
- Cold War, 1946-1989 [1]
- Indonesia Confrontation, 1962-1966 [1]
- V-2 Attacks, 1944-1945 [1]