Sadly, Flt Sgt Copping didn’t make it. He came from Southend-on-Sea and is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial. If that is indeed his aircraft, it needs to be treated with a lot more respect than it’s getting …
Courtesy of Mike Lewis, Secretary of the 610 Sqn Association, come these two possibly new photos of Jas Storrar’s Yak. New to me anyway. They originated from Storrar himself, who was CO of 610 in the 1950s.
Sorry, Mr Boyle, I didn’t wish to offend, that was a bit of Brit humour there! 😀 I’m well aware of what we owe to SAC and RAF Bomber Command crews for keeping the Soviets in their place.
You’re right there, Steve. To me, it was the most charismatic of all the jet bombers of that era and the noisiest. I remember seeing one in the circuit (not on approach) at Brize, its tail chute deployed and an awful lot of power on against the drag. I once witnessed a B-47 take-off at Burtonwood and felt the sound waves beating against my chest. I’ve seen many Concorde departures and they were never that loud! And on at least two occasions I saw a KC-97 refuelling a B-47 at about 12,000ft over Merseyside in the Red 3 airway heading west. This was evidently quite a dangerous operation as the KC-97 had to go on full power and the B-47 was not far off the stall. But what did General LeMay and SAC care about us Brits!
Glad to help, Ivor; just a question of having the right reference books! No 223 Sqn was based at Oulton, Norfolk Aug 44-July 45. I don’t have the Air-Britain book with the TS serials so I can’t look up its fate. If it survived the war it probably ended up on the huge B-24 scrap fields at RAF Lichfield.
Glad to help, Ivor; just a question of having the right reference books! No 223 Sqn was based at Oulton, Norfolk Aug 44-July 45. I don’t have the Air-Britain book with the TS serials so I can’t look up its fate. If it survived the war it probably ended up on the huge B-24 scrap fields at RAF Lichfield.
Phil Butler’s Air Arsenal North America about Lend-Lease says that
42-52712 became TS522 under a ‘theatre transfer’ to provide a number of suitable aircraft for No 223 (Bomber Support) Sqn. Its duty was Radio Counter Measures.
Phil Butler’s Air Arsenal North America about Lend-Lease says that
42-52712 became TS522 under a ‘theatre transfer’ to provide a number of suitable aircraft for No 223 (Bomber Support) Sqn. Its duty was Radio Counter Measures.
I’ve seen a few of these on Flickr under different subject headings; the B-17s and P-61 for example. Well done Jeepman for finding the whole range! Amazing stuff.
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