Disbandment of 35 Sqdn Feb 1982 - Jersey 7p Avro Vulcan

On front 35 Squadron RAF Cover.dated 28th Feb 1982

On the rear is stamped: 85 Squadron RAF  Feb 28 1982 

Stamps. 1 x 7p Jersey by Gaslight 

Condition: Excellent

Details of flight in RAF Vulcan B Mk2 XM446 1st Feb 1982

Crew & Flight Time included.

Includes insert with detailed history of 35 Squadron and Avro Vulcan

Postal address:  O.C. 35 Squadron, RAF Scampton, Lincoln.

Following many re-incarnations through WWI & II,  it's last role came about.

On 1 December 1962 No.35 re-formed once more as part of the new Avro Vulcan B.Mk 2 V-bomber wing at Coningsby. It received its first aircraft in January 1963 and immediately painted its winged horse motif on the fins. It was soon operational and flew as a standard V-bomber unit from there until moving to Cottesmore in 1964. Here it transferred to the low-level bombing role, then joined No. 9 Squadron in Cyprus in 1969 to form the Near East Bomber Wing. Its task was as part of CENTO, to attack any future enemy forces in the 'soft underbelly' of Europe, and it remained in this role until the move from Cyprus in 1975. It then re-turned to Scampton where it formed an integral part of Scampton's wing until final disbandment on 28 February 1982.