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On This Day 01 June

🕰 On This Day
🗓 01 June 1956
✈️ Jet Transport
 
On this day 216 Sqn based at RAF Lyneham were equipped with the de Havilland Comet 2 aircraft to become the world’s first military jet transport squadron.
 
On This Day 01 June

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