1956 Suez
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1956 Suez
I am from Malaysia just got to know this forum as I was looking for post WW2 airforce planes in the fifties. Do anyone has any images on the planes used by UK and France during the Suez 56 campaign. Especially the UK transporter planes for the Paras.
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Exhaustive detail on this site: Suez Crisis, 1956: The War of Stripes
Google for individual images (if there are any).
- 30 Sqn, Valetta C.1: VX576/JNC.
- 84 Sqn, Valetta C.1: VW196, VW202/C, VX562.
- 114 Sqn, Valetta C.1: bare metal overall, black serial on the fuselage and code on the fin: VW150, VW161, VW811, VW817, VW844, VW850/850, WJ496.
- 70 Sqn, Hastings C.1/C.2: TG535, TG577, TG612, TG621, TG665, WJ328.
- 99 Sqn, Hastings C.1/C.2: WD497 (pooled aircraft with the 511 Sqn).
- 511 Sqn, Hastings C.1/C.2: white upper sides and roof, bare metall lower sides and under, blue bolt along the fuselage, title ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND in black on the upper side of the fuselage, squadron number in a diamond on the fin: TG510, TG531, TG551, TG604/GAC, WD475/GAQ, WD495/GAN, WJ329/JAM.
- 84 Sqn, Valetta C.1: VW196, VW202/C, VX562.
- 114 Sqn, Valetta C.1: bare metal overall, black serial on the fuselage and code on the fin: VW150, VW161, VW811, VW817, VW844, VW850/850, WJ496.
- 70 Sqn, Hastings C.1/C.2: TG535, TG577, TG612, TG621, TG665, WJ328.
- 99 Sqn, Hastings C.1/C.2: WD497 (pooled aircraft with the 511 Sqn).
- 511 Sqn, Hastings C.1/C.2: white upper sides and roof, bare metall lower sides and under, blue bolt along the fuselage, title ROYAL AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND in black on the upper side of the fuselage, squadron number in a diamond on the fin: TG510, TG531, TG551, TG604/GAC, WD475/GAQ, WD495/GAN, WJ329/JAM.
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banderkt7. Welcome to PPRuNe. If you are interested in aircraft that provided a transport function, as opposed to transport Types, you might want to look at the Shackleton. Shackletons of 206 Sqn transported elements 16 Parachute Brigade from England (Blackbush) to Cyprus (Operation, although coded as an exercise, ENCOMPASS). There was an onward movement to Mafraq, in Jordan. Shackletons, principally of 204 and 228 Sqns, later recovered 1 and 3 Btns Parachute Regiment and HQ 16 Parachute Brigade back to UK.
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Thank you guys for the info and the website. I have been to the listed site the image is too small cannot see detail. I hope that maybe some of the veterans have some of close up and in proper size image post the image.
