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Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2016, 14:34
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

binbrook, as good as the Victor at Song Song. ...

binbrook, as good as the Victor at Song Song. Not sure how many but certainly HE and according to the Aussie RSO that told me, heard but not seen.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2016, 20:27
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

LFH, El Adem range was cleared to 1,000lb HE. ...

LFH, El Adem range was cleared to 1,000lb HE. For live drops the staff would withdraw to the Quads at 6,000yr s, now this might be how the Arabs knew to keep away. With the close Quads manned the...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2016, 15:25
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Igor toolbox, you appeared to have picked up only...

Igor toolbox, you appeared to have picked up only part of the story. It is true that Violet Club and Red Beard were never cleared for Service use. They were deployed and could have been issued had...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2016, 15:02
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

What was your war role then before tanking?

What was your war role then before tanking?
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2016, 06:01
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Life saving jackets which were replaced by life...

Life saving jackets which were replaced by life preserver aircrew.

The rest of civilisation calls them life jackets.

PS, the firearm was the mini-flare pen not to be confused with a mini-gun.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2016, 21:08
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TT, unlike a 9mm that we were encouraged to strip...

TT, unlike a 9mm that we were encouraged to strip and reassemble I had no such desire with an LSJ, or more recently LPA as I had no confidence in my ability to get everything in right place, right...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2016, 13:55
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

AA62, that stirred the brain cells. Bomber...

AA62, that stirred the brain cells. Bomber Command could increase local fire cover by deploying the BC Reserve. I seem to think this was based at Scampton foir obvious reasons. Whether it could...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Nov 2016, 20:15
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Ian, no wonder as that was 2 years before...

Ian, no wonder as that was 2 years before Charioteer. In 67 we still took all the targeting material. Stationery boxes secured with special FCO lead seals. The special bit was the way they were...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Nov 2016, 13:01
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Bomber exercises always lower priority to...

Bomber exercises always lower priority to Transport ops or scheduled AT. If the Taceval tasking had not been pre-booked, really a Taceval team responsibility, then getting AT would always be...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2016, 17:01
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TO, a Scampton aircraft did the same at Waddo, ...

TO, a Scampton aircraft did the same at Waddo, OC Ops requested a bag of grass seed.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2016, 16:16
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TO, for a Distant dispersal you should have...

TO, for a Distant dispersal you should have flown. somat wrong then
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2016, 06:33
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TTN, apart from the provision of a toilet and a...

TTN, apart from the provision of a toilet and a navigator the Bassett was indeed fine. For 5 man crew with kit, the nav bags alone were heavy enough, two Bassetts could do the job.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2016, 17:03
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Tornadoes well assembled, I think that covers it...

Tornadoes well assembled, I think that covers it well. I knew several SACEUR targets where an earlier missile strike was planned. I knew of only one SACEUR target where two attacks were planned. A...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 10:53
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

In your latter case, unloading at dispersal for...

In your latter case, unloading at dispersal for overland recovery would have been a logistical nightmare. It would have been militarily stupid like a Blackadder farce sending troops home for leave...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 09:15
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Dispersal had several functions. As you...

Dispersal had several functions. As you surmised, easier to launch 100 bombers from 25 bases than 4. It also increased the targeting problem requiring far more missiles or bombers. With the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 08:58
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

For aircraft on the ORP they would be on the...

For aircraft on the ORP they would be on the telescramble from Bomber Command, any ATC facility was merely backup.

Any generation and scramble from main base, before dispersal, would be the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 07:43
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

No. I was suggesting, slightly tongue in cheek,...

No. I was suggesting, slightly tongue in cheek, were just two of many warnings and indicators. Recalling one's ambassadors is a potential early one although they would more likely to have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2016, 09:34
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Tartare, yes, known as warnings and indicators...

Tartare, yes, known as warnings and indicators against which appropriate responses could be made. The only snag was Red didn't have the same book.

One of the better, but by no means absolute,...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2016, 09:26
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TTN, I know of the trial. It was a Mk 1a and it...

TTN, I know of the trial. It was a Mk 1a and it would only have been commenced at a very high alert state.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2016, 19:37
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

EN, do you remember when and where you were? ...

EN, do you remember when and where you were?

The NBS trainer used synthetic charts with a representative topography but wholly fictitious. Towns had names like SSEGRUB or NAELCAM and so on.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2016, 08:23
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

That graphic was not comprehensive. It included...

That graphic was not comprehensive. It included Cranwell, which was correct, but omitted Llanbedr and Pershore, Prestwich and Leconfield. AFAIK Chivenor was not a dispersal. Elvingdon was another...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2016, 16:38
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

FED, no ACP role? Or purely fighter support?

FED, no ACP role? Or purely fighter support?
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2016, 18:27
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

TTN, thanks, I know PF. Yellow Sun has just...

TTN, thanks, I know PF. Yellow Sun has just confirmed something I knew for almost 50 years but not confirmed. Archimedes on the 543 issue had the same feelings as I had, even though refuted by a...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2016, 13:46
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

As an aside issue, crews used to draw up the...

As an aside issue, crews used to draw up the route on a 1:3M chart and draw in early warning lines, SAM MEZ etc. They would generally use a common standard such as red for SAM and Blue for Early...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2016, 13:34
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Tornadoken, (thanks for the references) I am not...

Tornadoken, (thanks for the references) I am not sure where you found me saying we did not train for the national plan. All targets were prepared and studied to the same degree as the SACEUR...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2016, 09:15
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

As an aside, any 90 or 543 crews of the period o...

As an aside, any 90 or 543 crews of the period o n here?
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2016, 08:50
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Archimedes, thank you, that is certainly points...

Archimedes, thank you, that is certainly points to confirmation of what I know. I can't check all my sources but in 1958 we were looking really at the 4 Victor Sqns, the Valiant (2-3?), and Vulcan Mk...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2016, 21:08
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

YS, as I said, I know where, it is the political...

YS, as I said, I know where, it is the political source I seek.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2016, 12:25
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

ORAC, thanks, but the first is expected Russian...

ORAC, thanks, but the first is expected Russian targets in UK, not RAF targets in Russia.

The second is the SAC list and the Bomber Command targets are included in this list. I am looking for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2016, 10:11
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

JimLad, I am looking only for a particular online...

JimLad, I am looking only for a particular online source that I think I saw. This was specific to the number of cities that were targeted in the National Plan. I don't think that source has been...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2016, 09:38
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Well I have no WE177 dust caps. Does that count?

Well I have no WE177 dust caps. Does that count?
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2016, 08:36
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Pontius Navigator

V-Force Deterrent Targets

I have found reference to the National Plan that identified 98 cities with populations of more than 100,000 as potential deterrent targets - this was a CND site.

I have seen sites citing the SAC...
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