Looking at the satellite pictures it looks as if the smoke is heading straight for me, glad I’ve got efficient double glazing, what with the fog, things could be grim here tonight.
Just looking out the window and the fog around the edge of the village has a definate brown tinge to it.

Heard the explosion in Finchingfield 50 miles away, it frightened all the local bird life, especially the Pheasants and Owls, my dogs got restless and I had to get up and let them out, then I put on BBC 24 and saw what had happened.
It was a rumbling sound like the central heating boiler kicking in, made me get up and look out the window, after the 747 crash a few years ago, I thought it could have something to do with Stansted.
Thats put paid to our open day at Salisbury Hall.
They seem to keep changing their minds as to the direction of the smoke, I keep wondering whether it’s the reason for the fog hanging about for so long.

I agree, I was lying in bed this morning and I’m not far from the Suffolk border, yet I heard the explosion, the dogs got all restless and I came down to let them out.
At this point I put on BBC news and have been glued to it ever since, someone seems to be suggesting a plane crash. Anyway, the BBC are suggesting to keep well away from the area today.
What did you see Bruce, were you affected.

Have just watched the Japanese mosquito clips for the first time and found them quite amazing.
OK consider this, BBMF are unlikely to allow their Lanc to be used for much filming unless the script was considered to be acceptable. The Canadian Lanc is unlikely to come over for the same reasons, which leaves the taxiable only Just Jane, which I’m sure they would be allowed to use for bags of dosh, hopefully.
Everyone seems to assume that a new film would be crap, which is a distinct possibility if it came under Hollywood control, however not all Hollywood films are rubbish, take The Thin Red Line for instance. Who knows, with a good script, director and producer, plus the amazing CGI technology, it may be possible to get something decent out of this.
Originally Memphis Belle was planned as a film about a Lancaster squadron, because David Putnam had seen some discovered colour footage which I’m sure everyone here has seen. It was the lack of Lancaster availiability that caused him to change the subject, but then he didn’t have good CGI in those days.
Perhaps we should not condemn something that obviously no-one seems to want to be better than the original, but who knows.
They can borrow one of my dogs for the film, they answer to any name as long as it involves biscuits.

Fairford and Greenham Common both received B36 units from the early 1950’s onwards, in fact Greenham took the last deployment of a B-36 to Britain in September 1957.

September 1957 sounds a likely date when I saw my B-36, that year saw a warm summer and it was probably at the end of the school summer holiday, it would have been the first year that I was allowed alone up to our train bridge, would anyone let a 6 year old do that now, definately not, mind you that place was the local meeting place for every kid in the area and anyway, my older brother and his gang were usually lurking in the area ready to kick ass if neccesary, and they did sometimes, but I mustn’t grass up a now esteemed chartered accountant.
My other thought is that it may have been off to a Battle of Britain airshow possibly Finningley which is on the Notts/Yorks boundary.
That year I went to Syerston and it wasn’t there, I know I never saw one at an airshow here, hopefully I will get my hands on my brother’s aircraft pictures at Xmas and be able to scan some goodies from that period.
With regard to a possible US invasion of Europe, try the Irish airfields thread, there are some interesting leads there, notably the probable lack of German occupying troops in the country which may have lead to a welcomed US force invading Ireland, especially with all the US/Irish connections.
There was a very good film made in the 60’s in black and white about the aftermath of a German invasion of Britain, I can’t remember the title of it and haven’t seen it for a while, I’m sure that some scribe on here will know which film I mean.
The film was not made by a major film company and was shot almost as a documentary which made it more believable.
I seem to recall that at the end of the film, the Nazis were struggling in Russia and the occupying troops were at a minimum, there was a very active resistance movement and the US had landed in western Ireland and were building up supplies and troops, along with British forces, Churchill was running things from Canada, which was always the plan I believe, despite the fact he pledged to fight to the last himself. Weren’t all our gold reserves sent there on the Queen Elizabeth battleship, I think during 1940 under great secrecy.

Happy birthday Dave, mine was 2 weeks ago and I don’t want to know anymore being such an old git, well how would you feel having seen mosquitoes fly in RAF colours, best bet is get a missus considerably younger than yourself, bit of a problem getting in her horses with the help of a zimmer frame though.

High Jules, nice to see you back on the forum, today of course it being the anniversary of Pearl Harbour, I wondered what your memories were on that ‘Day of Infamy’ and whether you considered what your future involvement in the conflict would be.
My father, being a bandsman, tried to enlist in the Sherwood Foresters when war was declared here in 1939, fortunately for him the band positions were all taken at the time and he ended up in the Royal Artillery. I say fortunately because the Sherwood Foresters band members were massacred by the SS during the retreat to Dunkirk.
Just to keep on thread I would rather like to fly in the nose of a B-17, well, anything with similar vantage point really, and that includes the Russian Antonov Clank which I was lucky enough to be shown round by the willing crew at RIAT one year following the purchase of the most delectable Vodka ever tasted.