22/10/2012
Child abduction - the charity fighting to reunite children who've been taken by a parent. Fifty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, we reveal the crucial part played by air crews in the East Midlands. And on board the little ships making an epic journey to join the jubilee pageant on the Thames.
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East England's 'secret' role in Cuban Missile Crisis
In October 1962 RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire was home to the Vulcan bombers of the RAF's V Force.
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But the role that it and RAF Harrington played in the Cuban Missile Crisis, where Soviet nuclear warheads were placed in Cuba, was kept secret at the time.
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A group of aviation historians are collecting first-hand accounts of the Cuba crisis but they have made a remarkable discovery.
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Some of the accounts do not match the versions on official files.
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on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News website.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Marie Ashby |
| Series Editor | Tony Roe |
Broadcast
- Mon 22 Oct 2012 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One East Midlands