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John Cooper


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13th November
1968 Wattisham: Flew to RAF Binbrook in Hastings TG536 of Strike Command for operation Mickey Finn, flight took 40 minutes.


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14th November 1968 Wattisham: To Binbrook, used 85 Squadrons crew room but most of the time we were down by the ORP Caravan at the end of the runway, all 8 aircraft were scrambled back to Wattisham. In a Hastings and flew back to WTM from Coningsby in TG505 40 minutes



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19th November 1964 El Adem: Flew to Nicosia, Cyprus in Vickers Viscount G-AOCB 2hrs and 5 minute trip. Took the trip to RAF Akrotiri hospital in a RAF coach with an escort from the RAF Regiment who was armed with a Sten Gun.



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1st December
1961 Ballykelly: End of JASS exercise back to St Mawgan in Shackleton XF711 1 hour 50 mins.


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3rd December 1961 St Mawgan: One of our kites failed to return to SM due to engine problems so I was on a team flown to Ballykelly Shackleton XF710 1 hour 40 mins., we had to change an engine as metal was found in the Scavenge Filter.



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