1 - The Black Vault

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Directorate-of-Air Sta (Lower Airspace)
Operations & Policy 1
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6n3, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N 5BP
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Telephone (Direct dial) 020 7218 2140
(Switchboard) 020 7218 9000
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Your Reference
Our Reference
D/DAS/64/3
Date
7 November 2001
I am writing further to my letter of 10 October to explain the delay in providing the information
you requested in your letter of 9 September.
As I explained in my earlier Jetter we have requested the F540 Operations Record Book extracts
for RAF Coltishall and Saxa Vord for September 1970 from the Public Record Offic.e. We have
been advised that while the F540s for 1970 are over 30 years old, they are contained within a
batch that cover the period 1970 to 1976 and the whole batch is currently being reviewed by PRO
staff pending release. This review process can take some time to complete.
Nevertheless, we have hastened the PRO for copies of this material and I hope to be able to
supply you with the information in the near future. In the meantime, please except my apologies
for the delay in sending you a substantive reply.
Yours sincerely,