Until when were the ORP used before going to the QRA areas ?
6 RCAF Bomber Group (organisation, airfields, squadrons, aircarft, and their 70 crashes in Belgium (location, crew, evasion lines, cemeteries, PoW Camps, etc...). Busy for a couple of years !!!!!!
Well the V Bomber deterance ended in 1971, the normal (RS15) hardstandings were still used by V Bombers in the low-level tactical QRA role well into the late 1970s. Not sure if the ORPs were required for this, I very much doubt it.
The dedicated V Force dispersals (East Dispersal) at Mawgan were taken over by the resident 42sqn Nimrods in 1971 (they also had a secondary nuclear bomber role).
But what about Fighter Command Airfields vs the ORP's ?
6 RCAF Bomber Group (organisation, airfields, squadrons, aircarft, and their 70 crashes in Belgium (location, crew, evasion lines, cemeteries, PoW Camps, etc...). Busy for a couple of years !!!!!!
6 RCAF Bomber Group (organisation, airfields, squadrons, aircarft, and their 70 crashes in Belgium (location, crew, evasion lines, cemeteries, PoW Camps, etc...). Busy for a couple of years !!!!!!
6 RCAF Bomber Group (organisation, airfields, squadrons, aircarft, and their 70 crashes in Belgium (location, crew, evasion lines, cemeteries, PoW Camps, etc...). Busy for a couple of years !!!!!!
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