B29 Hawg Wild Delivery flight

Download it from Youtube…

T J

:applause: Thank you ,this film really needs to be kept accessible.

Just been uploaded to youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLkWBEOAMVI&feature=youtu.be

I worked with JR Jack Kearn in Tucson this last year and had the pleasure of talking about this epic flight, it was dangerous and yet also hilarious the things that went on on the trip, like the celebratory bottle of brandy …….used to de ice the windows as the cockpit windows froze up. Great people the likes of whom we dont really see these days.

I was a volunteer at Duxford looking after XH648 at those occasions and neither the B29 or the B52 damaged any tyres on landing as it was myself and team who handled the arrival of both aircraft The B52 had to be made Safe the USAF team on site at that time carried out and the aircraft is the property of THE RAFM not the IWM. The B 29 as it belongs to the IWM and like all their exhibits are purely Static and not flown for display.

Trenchardbrat.

Interesting…

🙂 Thank you for that 🙂

For anybody who might still be interested in the video content about the B-29 ‘It’s Hawg Wild’ delivery flight from Tucson to Duxford in 1980, here’s a fresh link that I found today to this footage – enjoy! http://keyproductionstv.com/mainsite/clients/hawgwild.html

Not the same one but found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPgz3P8q1VM

I have just clicked on the web site above,but the footage doesn’t appear to be available any more, anyone know if there is somewhere else to view it ?

It still works when I go to the sight and click onto it??

So is that it, no more video? I wish it was possible to have saved it and put it on a disc.

Keith.

if you download Realplayer 11 [ http://uk.real.com/player/win/ ] it has a facility to download and keep most flash video’s which is what i did with these ‘hawg wild’ vid’s

I have exchanged emails with the site owner, they are having problems and should have everything back working by next Monday.

So is that it, no more video? I wish it was possible to have saved it and put it on a disc.

Keith.

I remember the B29 arriving. Was its aquisition always intended to form the basis of an American museum or tribute? Or did anyone ever think of painting it as an RAF Washington?

Has this video stopped working or is it just my computer?

Keith.

What a fantastic piece of film, it was very moving, I always wondered whether something had been filmed of Hawg Wilds epic journey, is this really the only copy of it.
It’s interesting how one’s memory of the event differs from reality.
I was there at Duxford when it landed, I didn’t recall it being during the winter, nor the fact that:-
The M11 had already curtailed the length of the runway.
That barriers were up on the airfield.
That so many people had turned out to see the event.
That the aircraft was so incredibly tatty.
Perhaps as a tribute to the crew that delivered this aircraft, she should have been left as found, a bit like the Hendon Halifax, an unrestored real memory amongst the AAM’s gleaming artifacts.

Another view of G-BHDK’s arrival

We don’t get this quality in the circuit these days!

Just watched the whole thing again with peace and time on my hands. It is a truely fantastic and moving bit of film (especially given we are watching the only existing taped copy).
The sad story is dealt with very well, and the interviews and in flight comms (ATC amazement at talking to a pond hopping B-29!) over R/T is just fantastic. The crew went through hell to deliver the aircraft, what with minus 30 inside temp, unsuitable clothing for Greenland and Iceland flying, no pressurization for flying over W/X, and engine problems.

People like that really deserve some sort of recognition for keeping our history alive.

I’ve always wanted to see ‘Hawg Wild’ painted up to represent an RAF Washington B.1, having watched this film I have completely changed my mind and would hope that it is always displayed as she is.

Thanks for the comments guys! Nice picture Keith! They certainly have done an excellent job on her restoration!