U.N. Emergency Force 1962.

[Chris Weddell]

Hi All,

        This cover has written on the back " Flown R.C.A.F. base Sardinia - England ( en route from Pisa as U.N.E.F. aircraft ) not allowed to land in France 29/3/62  ".

Why were United Nations Emergency Forces aircraft not allowed to land in France at this time? Also could anyone confirm where CFPO-111 and CFPO 102 were based at this time.

                                                Thanks in advance

                                                    Chris  :)

                                                       

[Chris Weddell]

                  A scan of the front of the cover.

                              Chris  :)

[Michael Dobbs]

Chris

Canadian locations:

CAPO 5047 - Decimomannu, Sardinia, Italy 15 Jun 57 - 24 Jul 70
CFPO 111 - Decimomannu, Sardinia, Italy 15 Jun 57 - 15 Feb 67

Since 1957 NATO has operated a quadri-national Air Weapons Training Installation (AWTI) at the Italian air force base at Decimomannu, some 22 miles from Cagllari, the capital of Sardinia.  The four nations which originally made up the AWTI were Canada, Italy, USA and West Germany.  The AWTI was used to train NATO based and assigned fighter squadrons.

In August 1970 Canada ceased using the facility due to reductions in the Canadian Armed Forces generally.  As a result the RAF took over the Canadian allocation; this replaced the firing range facilities lost by the withdrawal from RAF El Adam, Libya.

CFPO 102 - Langar, UK 8 Sep 53 - 31 Mar 64

"By agreement with the US and UK, the Canadian military post offices established in Europe starting in the 1950s were designated either as CAPO (Canadian Army Post Office) for regulating offices, with a four digit number: or as CFPO (Canadian [u]Field[/u] Post Office), with two or three digit numbers.  This changed on 1 Jan 65 when all offices were redesignated as CFPOs (Canadian [u]Forces[/u] Post Office)."

Canadian locations and note on designations taken from "The BNAPS Catalogue of Canadian Military Maiul Markings, Volume 3 From Victory in 1945 to Afghanistan" Compiled and Edited by C D Sayles, published by the British North American Philatelic Society Ltd, August 2006

Notes on Decimomannu from my records.

Mike  ;)

[Chris Weddell]

Mike,

        Thank you this is a great help for my write up.

                                Thanks

                                Chris  :D

                               

[Nick Colley]

Chaps,
If " Flown R.C.A.F. base Sardinia - England ( en route from Pisa as U.N.E.F. aircraft ) not allowed to land in France 29/3/62  ".
is true, then why was that ? Was it merely just a(nother) manifestation of de Gaulle's flouncing ?

chrs
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