wasn`t “”MC`Roberts reply”” a Stirling that had the name on two different aircraft because the first got struck off after squashing a Spitfire

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some air force display change the type of aircraft they use over the years. the Hawks been around for a long time since the Gnat was used by the Yellow Jacks and the Red Arrows of old. a time for change would have been great say 10 years ago before the world really went to pot and we all knew who the bad guys were. a 4 or 6 aircraft Harrier display team would have been fantastic. after all the Harrier was a British idea but alas they are no more.
perhaps mothball the hawks as a diplay team and hand the guantlet over to another RAF sqn for lets say 5 years. Eurofighter display team perhaps?….

as for the comments regarding the future of the Reds so soon after a tragic loss. im sure they are not meant with any dis`respect to the pilot nor family but things do change and sometimes after a major incident such as this the doom sayers in politics or chiefs of staff who have been waiting in the shadows whilst grinding their axes will try and find a way to cut back in whatever way they can. unfortunately at this current time with so many cut backs and our front line guys and girls struggling to fight with the kit and support they have this may an ideal time for the axe to fall…

I think I see what you mean…you are suggesting bottom left to top right?

thats it. its difficult to describe due to the angle of the shot..
i would even go as far to say the the aircraft hit the ground at a knife edge angle with one wing tip pointing to the ground and the other pointing to the sky due to the sharp impact crater rather than at a flatter angle where there would have been more devistation at the impact point otherwise… this may account for the death of the pilot? because the bang seats in those days were quite limited for safe ejection at low hight and low speed, if the aircraft had been slightly over the vertical axis at the time of ejection the pilot would be pointing towards the ground rather than to the sky. thus limiting even more the safe zone for ejection. most military ejecter seats nowerdays are the zero zero type where the pilot can eject from a stationary aircraft on the ground or even upside down (hight permitting) for the seat to automaticaly right itself before parachute deployment if need be. in all probability the Canberra pilot stayed with the aircraft until the last second to either try and save the aircraft or to steer it clear of the town, much in the same way it seems with the recent and very sad loss of the Red Arrows pilot.

the house on the left is peppered with what looks like mud with a large lump of the aircraft on the ground to the side of it. across the street you can see the damage to buildings and cars. interesting to see that the road looks as though its still open to traffic so soon after the disaster!!..

this should tie down the exact location for you. looks as though it hit from left to right through the picture.
be interesting to see an updated picture of the area

theres a link to thw “walt” types in the arrse, in the “and here it all ends” part

in the dark distant dusty corners of my memory the Mitty chap was i think a WW2 era guy who passed famously himself off as someone else. i cant fully remember though so dont quote me on that..

the collectors assistant didnt have the authority to collect by all accounts. he had in the past been seen in RAF uniform collecting on behalf of whoever?. i dont think the Regiment lads took kindly to him wearing a uniform and beret that he hadnt earned the hard way…

enjoyed the arrse write up though