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5th June 2007, 05:56

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Re: Breach of international rules of war?

If I remember correctly, the aircraft were RAF Canberra PR9s stripped of markings, flown by RAF crews but under US control. Similar operations were flown by RAF crews in "ex-USAF" B-47 recce aircraft, again under American control. It was something about plausible deniability if one of these aircraft was forced down in Soviet controlled territory. There have been at least two documentary TV programes about these flights titled: "Shot down over the Soviet Union" or "Spy Overfights" or something similar.

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