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Postby MOD » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:02 pm



If Britain had fallen then this would/should have carried on bombing Germany from the States.

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Re: X36 vid

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:24 pm

Thanks Ian I love that film! :ymapplause:
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Re: X36 vid

Postby Dan4th » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:35 pm



You guys got to see (and HEAR) them
quite often!

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Re: X36 vid

Postby Cluny » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:13 am

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 :(
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Re: X36 vid

Postby Dan4th » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:30 am

@ Paul:::::::::::::::::::

There is no adequate emoticon to express
the laughter I just experienced!!!!!!!

:D :p :)) =))

That'll have to do it :D

Thanks 1,000,000 for that!!!!!!!!

And I'm sorry you never got to see a lot
of it, too......

I would LOVE to see your VIDS of that stuff........

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Re: X36 vid

Postby Crew chief » Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:53 pm

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.
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Re: X36 vid

Postby Xplumberlives » Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:54 pm

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! :D
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