Yep , they were a common sight over Oxfordshire at the time with regular detachments to Upper Heyford and Brize Norton . One of them even landed at Enstone , a small closed airfield 6 miles west of Upper Heyford Couldn't post this as a pic as its too big , newspaper cutting of the incident http://www.raf-upper-heyford.org/Mishaps/Village_Alert_BA.jpg Wish I was around then , would of seen the B-50's [improved version of the B-29] , B-47's and B-52's which rotated through too
A classic film Strategic Air Command well worth a look.My dad remembers them lumbering around the sky over the Cotswold's back in the 50's. Thanks for posting MOD
Crew chief wrote:A classic film Strategic Air Command well worth a look.My dad remembers them lumbering around the sky over the Cotswold's back in the 50's.Thanks for posting MOD
So DID mine!
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