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Old 15th Sep 2009, 08:50
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All-professional RCAF returned to UK November,1951, Sabres at North Luffenham, moving in 1955 to join others arriving from 1952 in Grostenquin and Marville, France (to 1967), Sollingen and Zweibrucken, W.Germany, administered 1967-1993 from Lahr. Their materiel base was at Langar, Notts, 1952-63, transited by CL-13, CF-100 and CF-104 for maintenance by Scottish Avn., Prestwick. LGW saw Langar's Bristol 170 Freighters, Daks and C-45 Expeditors, and visiting North Stars, Yukons and Hercules. Like Canada's (and Newfoundland's) commitment in WW2 (all-volunteer till early 1945), its $0.6Bn. share of UK's 1946 Reconstruction Loan, and its share of 1951/54 Mutual Support Program (inc. 370 of RAF's Sabre 6s) the cost of all this was hefty, expressed per capita.
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