Corgi 1/72 English Electric Canberra B Mk2 10 Sqn RAF Honington (AA34701)

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Corgi 1/72 English Electric Canberra B Mk2 10 Sqn RAF Honington (AA34701)
In anticipation of hostilities, five squadrons of Canberras were deployed to Luqa, Malta, and a further seven to Cyprus, including No.10 Squadron. The Israeli forces opened hostilities when they invaded Egypt on 28/29 October. This led the way for Canberra bombing operations to commence in order to neutralise the Egyptian Air Force. With so many aircraft in the area, it was important to identify friendly forces involved in the conflict, so all British, French and Israeli aircraft were hastily painted with black and yellow stripes on the wings and fuselages, much the same as was done for ‘D-Day’. This was an afterthought and the RAF ran out of yellow paint, having to improvise with white paint as applied to WH640’s stripes. The strike operations by the Canberras and Valiants were successful, with only the loss of one Canberra aircraft. “Operation Musketeer” as it was called, continued until 5th November 1956, when Allied forces regained control of Suez. WH640 was one of No.10 Squadron’s Canberra B.Mk.2s, which was based at RAF Honington, Suffolk in 1956 and deployed to Nicosia, Cyprus in October of that year to participate in “Operation Musketeer”.

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