North Weald Epping Essex

 

Lat = 51 degrees, 43 minutes North

Long = 0 degrees, 9.3 minutes East

 

Back at North Weald Max walked over to Team four, “everything in order with the equipment.”

“Yes sir,” replied one of the men.

Max watched as the men checked their gas masks and the gas vaporizers, the gas they would use was named Halothane which would be dispensed using reliable portable temperature and flow compensated vaporizers.

Halothane induces unconsciousness and is absorbed into the body by inhalation.

Roy came over to Max. “Transports here Max.” “Okay everyone, time to rock and roll.” There was an orderly movement of men and equipment out of the hanger and onto the tarmac apron where the VC10 was standing.

It had flown in from RAF Brize Norton. It was a VC-10 CIK of Number ten squadron, powered by four Rolls-Royce Conway 310 turbofans that generated 84,000 pounds of thrust with a cruising speed of 518 miles per hour, with two pilots and a flight engineer. Call sign Zulu Delta 235. Fifteen minutes later the VC-10 was thundering down the runway and lifted off, as it gained altitude the pilot banked the aircraft over to head south.