No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (or 1 PRU) was a flying unit of the Royal Air Force, first formed in 1940. On 24 September 1939, the Royal Air...
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trail. Other units moved (now disbanded) The following other units were posted to Wyton at some point: No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF (June 1982...
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to RAF Warboys in August 1942. A Detachment from No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF (April 1985) No. 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF (1941)...
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Wick Airport (redirect from RAF Wick)
1944) No. 2709 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 2749 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 2887 Squadron RAF Regiment 'A' Flight of Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF (July...
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Beaufort No. 53 Squadron RAF operated with Bristol Blenheim No. 1404 (Meteorological) Flight RAF operated with Bristol Blenheim Photographic Reconnaissance Unit...
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List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force (redirect from List of RAF Aircraft)
Service. This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name. For just those...
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'troubles', to carry out patrols as No. 1426 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Flight (1426 (PR) Flt) at RAF Khormaksar in Aden on 1 January 1956, and disbanded at...
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MI4 (redirect from Central Interpretation Unit)
and to the UK's allies around the world. JARIC RAF Medmenham No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF National Collection of Aerial Photography MI5 FAQ...
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Barber, No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, RAF. Future Chancellor of the Exchequer. Flight Lieutenant Dominic Bruce, No. 9 Squadron, RAF. Colditz...
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Lieutenant GBR No. 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF McDonald, Alistair T. Flight Lieutenant GBR No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF Müller Jens...
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September 1947) K Flight of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF (23 January 1942 - 1 August 1942) List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force Sturtivant...
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constituency) Prudhoe railway station, station code No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF, 1 PRU Pupil Referral Unit, UK, for children unable to attend school...
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Middle Wallop Flying Station (redirect from No. 227 Operational Conversion Unit RAF)
School RAF No. 41 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 62 Group Communication Flight RAF No. 62 (Southern Reserve) Group RAF 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group...
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1940) became No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Flight (May 1940 – April 1941) 'K' Flight of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF (January – August...
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south west coast. Aircraft from the airfield were also used for photographic reconnaissance missions, meteorological flights, convoy patrols, air-sea rescue...
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PR.9 and T.4 from RAF Marham, Norfolk, as No. 39 (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron between July 1992 and July 2006. No. 39 Squadron was founded...
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centre for photographic reconnaissance operations in the European and Mediterranean theatres. In April 1941, an RAF photographic interpretation unit (PIU)...
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Sidney Cotton's pioneering unit, the RAF Photographic Development Unit and then No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF to be used for intelligence-gathering...
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General Reconnaissance, RAF Squires Gate and 'K' (Photographic Reconnaissance Advanced Training) Flight of 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (1PRU), RAF Detling...
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de Havilland Mosquito which operated in the photographic reconnaissance role. Benson operated under RAF Transport Command throughout the 1950s and 1960s...
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Assessment Section and the Night Photographic Interpretation Section of No 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, RAF Oakington, in 1942. During 1942 and...
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Mount Farm was originally a satellite airfield for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at RAF Benson. The airfield was originally a grass field, but...
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Company. ISBN 1-57510-077-0 Baugher - F-9 Photographic Reconnaissance Baugher - B-18 Bolo Davis, Larry. B-24 Liberator in Action - Aircraft No. 80. 1987,...
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to spy on the nuclear program of Iran. Established on 1 May 1943 as a Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, initially trained under Second Air Force in...
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Chalgrove Airfield (redirect from RAF Chalgrove)
14th and 22nd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadrons from the VII Air Service Command 7th Reconnaissance Group moved to Chalgrove from RAF Mount Farm flying...
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Most units of the Royal Air Force (RAF) are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code...
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but later he became a pilot in the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF. He ran out of fuel on a reconnaissance mission on 25 January 1942 and ditched...
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school for 1 year. Pilot Officer William Kenneth Manifould (28 June 1918 - 10 April 1941) of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF at RAF Benson, who...
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The 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 3d Reconnaissance Group. It was...
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November. In December, No. 39 (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron arrived at RAF Marham with its Canberra PR7s and PR9s from RAF Wyton. Following...
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