Vulcan 21 x 1000lb Bomb Drop

John,
Tks for that site heads-up. I’ll give it a whirl.
Rgds
Peter Davies

Peter

Try this forum, I know that ex-crew members and the like frequent it and may yield more info.

http://avrovulcan.org.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard3/ikonboard.cgi

John.

Peter

Thats some story to tell, nice to see you on the board, 56-57 would put the Vulcan in it’s experimental period and was not in service just then but bombing trials would have certainly been carried out in this period.

One of the more fanatic Vulcan members on this forum would be able to tell you more.

Regards,

John.

John,
I was a Nat Svc meteorological airman at El Adem (in 1956, or 1957?) when – as far as we were told – a Vulcan dropped the first stick of live 21 x 1000 iron bombs on the bombing range (Hell’s Acres’s Farm!) southeast of El Adem. It was spectacular. Not only did the 21 x 1000 pounders go off – at night – but they also set off many of the AP and AT mines left over from WW2 and still buried in the area.
In 1982 I was part of the RAF Mobile Met Unit team that briefed the Black Buck missions to Stanley Airstrip. Start to finish?
Rgds
Peter Davies

Hi Resmoroh

In what way were you involved?

Regards,

John.