Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters

Jun. 06, 1966 - Not for publication before 3pm in the evening papers of June 29th 1966. R.A.F.'s improved Reconna Issance capablity No 543 Squadron Re equipped with victorAircraft. The re equipping of No 543 Squadron at R.A.F. Wyson, Huntingdon, with Victor B/Mark 2 strategic resonnaissance aircraft has given the R.A.F. the best air resonnaissance capability it had ever had No 543 Squadron of R.A.F Bomber command form part of the United Kingdom Reconnissnace force. It has operated exclusively in the reconnsissance role since it was formed in 1942. The Squadron's new aircraft have a performance in terms of range, speed, height and operationa; effectiveness for in excess of its prodecessor, the Vickers Valiant B PR Mark 1, which was withdrawn from service in 1965. Improved radar equipment enables the S/R Victor to cover an area of 400, 000 square miles in 8 hours unaffected by darkness or cloud cover. Four Victors can cover the whole of the Atlantic in 6 hours and on a single sortie, can produce radar photographs for a nossle of the whole mediterranean which would enable a count of every ship to be made. Photo shows An air to air picture of the Victor strategic reconnaissance aircraft showing the elaborate camouflage

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13255248

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47023908

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