The end of the ORP's... ?

11 Apr 2009 09:01 #1 by olympusman
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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 !!!!!!

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11 Apr 2009 09:28 #2 by mawganmad
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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).

James Thomas

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11 Apr 2009 10:39 #3 by olympusman
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Thanks for the V Bombers, Mawganmad.

But what about Fighter Command Airfields vs the ORP's ?

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11 Apr 2009 15:37 #4 by canberra
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ORPs were only used for exercises at Leuchars, the QRA or battle flight as it was called in Germany and Cyprus always operated from the sheds AKAIK.

In Germany the nuclear QRA used sheds .

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11 Apr 2009 16:34 #5 by olympusman
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Canberra... what means AKAIK ?

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11 Apr 2009 17:38 #6 by canberra
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I meant to put AFAIK, but for once in my life I couldnt find the F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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11 Apr 2009 17:44 #7 by olympusman
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:D

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