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No. 1439 Flight RAF, the Glossary

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16 relations: Australia, Avro Anson, Bristol Blenheim, Imperial Service Order, Kiritimati, Lincolnshire, Operation Grapple, Pacific Ocean, RAF Hemswell, Reconnaissance, Transport, Vickers Varsity, Western Desert, Western Desert campaign, Westland Whirlwind (helicopter), Woomera, South Australia.
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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Avro Anson

The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro.

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The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, which was used extensively in the first two years of the Second World War, with examples still being used as trainers until the end of the war.

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Imperial Service Order

The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902.

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Kiritimati

Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island) is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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Operation Grapple

Operation Grapple was a set of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean (modern Kiribati) as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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RAF Hemswell

Royal Air Force Hemswell or more simply RAF Hemswell is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station located east of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.

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Transport

Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another.

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Vickers Varsity

The Vickers Varsity is a retired British twin-engined crew trainer operated by the Royal Air Force from 1951 to 1976.

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Western Desert

In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to the border with Sudan.

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Western Desert campaign

The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War.

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