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Old 28th Jun 2012, 22:19
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brakedwell
 
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Single Sideband HF radios arrived in the early sixties, making Radio Officers/Signallers redundant. The RAF Argosies were fitted with SSB when they entered service in 1962. The Britannia fleet HF radios were updated in 1966 and the air signallers were disestablished soon after.

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