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during May 1951, and remained there for the next seven years, before returning to RAF Ballykelly in
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from the title. On the 30 December 1940, the unit disbanded but immediately reformed, redesignating as the
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505:IVB flying boat and amphibious aircraft
463:XIII & XIV long range medium bomber
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617:Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit
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445:II biplane trainer aircraft
188:Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
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385:research and development
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1069:UK: Tempus Publishing.
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393:South East Asia Command
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503:Consolidated Catalina
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906:Jones 2007
660:References
515:Avro Anson
377:operations
368:formed at
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342:audibility
311:submarines
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609:RAF Angle
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338:RAF Angle
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