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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 0580.PDF
380 \ I FLIGHT, 'Maki (Above) Pastures new : No. 82 Squadron Lancaster* over East Africa. (Below) African assistance in refuelling a' Hastings at Takoradi. AFRICAN AIR LIFT . . . down at Castel Benito (Tripoli). Here crews and passen- gers were met by welcome cooked meals, and found time to don civilian clothes and spend a few hoyrs in Tripoli. The next stage—to Kano, Nigeria—was covered non- stop by night across the Sahara, to provide navigators with exercises in " astro." After a short break the flight carried on to Takoradi to begin " lifting." Two load officers, one for each squadron, superintended the disposal of kit and equipment in the Hastings—from mess silver to survey cameras—and the transports and survey aircraft took off on the 3,668-mile journey to Nairobi. The trip was made in three stages—back to Kano, Kano-Khartoum, and on to Nairobi, where the Lancaster squadron settled into its new base. No. 82 Squadron is to continue surveying East Africa until the " late spring of this year, when it will return to its parent unit at Benson, the Central Photographic Establishment. The "removal squad," by contrast, began the flight back to this country almost immediately. The return journey was made via Aden, where time-expired airmen were picked up, and Malta. Within thirteen days of setting out, the Hastings were back at Lyneham. Shortly after- wards aircraft and crews were in service again on Trans- port Command's regular trunk routes to Singapore. " ~ (Above, left) Officers of the Hastings squadron (left) and No. 82 squadron discuss problems of load control. Hastings crew members howo. at work are (below, left to right Eng. II Ginsberg, F/O. Blagden (pilot), F/L. Farmery (navigator) and (above) Nay. II McKenzie.
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