By: hunterxf382 - 15th December 2008 at 14:30
Indeed… VP263 was involved with Grapple according to google. Maybe this was mocked up as part of it’s involvement?
By: pagen01 - 15th December 2008 at 13:10
Picture is contrived, however Shackleton MR.1 VP263 was used on the ‘Grapple Y’ tests in the late ’50s, with 240 and 204 Sqn.
By: hunterxf382 - 15th December 2008 at 11:15
It does look rather retouched – when you compare the original photo taken during Operation Grapple and available off the net…
By: bms44 - 14th December 2008 at 22:26
May be wrong, but this looks too contrived to be genuine : the aircraft seems to have been superimposed, and not too well, possibly has been produced as a souvenir in an RAF Photographic section on a base that may have had some involvement at the time.(IMHO). :rolleyes:
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December 14, 2008 at 9:46 pm