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Forum: Military Aviation

4th Jan 2013, 23:12

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RAF Lockheed P-2 Neptune

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

As far as the RAF was concerned, until the advent...

As far as the RAF was concerned, until the advent of the Valiant tanker force, jet aircraft were being refuelled from piston-engined tankers using Avgas.

Here's a Meteor being refuelled by a...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Jan 2013, 19:01

Replies: 110

RAF Lockheed P-2 Neptune

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Nearly a half of all awards of the George Medal...

Nearly a half of all awards of the George Medal to date have been to service personnel (c. 850), so Crabb's award is not particularly unusual. Not sure if he was RN or RNVR but the latter were...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Jan 2013, 17:29

Replies: 110

RAF Lockheed P-2 Neptune

Views: 67,512

Posted By Tankertrashnav

The AEO in my crew on Victor tankers had been a...

The AEO in my crew on Victor tankers had been a Signaller on Neptunes in his early days. He had an usual logbook entry - a three day flight! The aircraft took off at 2345 and landed at 0015 the day...

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