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RB-45C Tornado RAF overflights

Please can anyone help in identifying the serial numbers of the RB-45C Tornadoes which were involved in the overflights of the Soviet Union in 1952 and 1955.
There were four in total.

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By: pagen01 - 1st May 2011 at 11:08

There has been a good webpage about these recently (with pictures), but a Google search is failing to find it at the mo.
I seem to remember reading that although they were flown by RAF crew and carried British national markings that they still retained their American serials.

Edit, some good info and pictures on the missions (op Ju Jitsu) here, http://www.spyflight.co.uk/scul.htm, it looks like the Tornados’ didn’t carry their serials during the actual missions.

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By: wieesso - 1st May 2011 at 10:16

No serials – but a photo
http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae59/VIProds/RAFCrewsRB-45Cs.jpg

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