Detachment "A" made the move from Wiesbaden to Giebelstadt in October 1956. A number of operational missions were flown by the U-2 over Eastern Europe from Giebelstadt but none were over Russia. Detatchment A was stood down on 15 November 1957. In 17 months (June 1956 to November 1957), seven pilots of Detachment A had flown 23 missions - six over the USSR, five over Eastern Europe and most of the remainder over the Mediterranean area.
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