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Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

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Toplist14
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Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by Toplist14 » Sun Mar 20, 2022 1:37 pm

I should be most grateful if anyone can provide the IDs of the four Qatari Hawks on the line during the day (three flew I believe) - and if at all possible, the identity of the third RAF 230 sqdn Puma (other than XW231/N and ZA940/V)

Ian

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Re: Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by Toplist14 » Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:35 pm

Perhaps approaching this from another angle - can anyone who was present on this day provide the identities of the three Qatari Hawks operating as "Javelins 50, 52 and 53". Either by taking a retrospective look at their photographs, or simply having noted these by means of the naked eye.

That would be most helpful

Ian

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Re: Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by David Thompson » Wed Mar 30, 2022 5:28 pm

ZB132 , ZB135 and ZB136 all flew during the day but I can't help with the Puma .
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Re: Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by Toplist14 » Thu Mar 31, 2022 9:01 am

David

I am most grateful for your assistance. That answers my Qatari Hawk query admirably.

No doubt the identity of the third Puma will be flagged up eventually

Kind regards

Ian

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Re: Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by mdobuk21 » Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:34 am

Bit of digging on facebook:

3 pumas were deployed for a week 14-18 March
XW231
ZA940
Not sure on the third but two were noted with N and V codes (possibly the two above, but possibly the third).

Hope this helps
Mark

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Re: Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by Mike » Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:49 am

XW231 is 'N' and ZA940 is 'V', I've not seen the ID of the third one mentioned anywhere.
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Re: Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by Duke 83 » Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:33 pm

XW235 Q is the likely suspect for the third one. Seen on ADSB with the other two later in the week, all with Ambush callsigns.

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Re: Qatari Hawks and RAF Pumas, Tuesday March 15th

Post by Toplist14 » Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:46 pm

Thank you Duke 83.

That is most helpful - no doubt it may well be confirmed if some enthusiast(s) has, or have, been able to positively identify this third Puma

Ian

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