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Temper the Sword

Formed at Lindholme by renaming No 1653 Conversion Unit on 15 March 1947. Trained Vulcan crews at Waddington from 1956 until 1961, when it moved to Finningley, before finally moving to Scampton from 1969 to August 1981. This unit was disbanded on 15 August 1952 to become the Reserve Training

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