The base in the pic is almost definately raf honnington in suffolk. The formation used to fly through this area almost daily, awesome sound as it droned its way across the suffolk countryside. Still remember listening on my scanner to the B-25 directing mark hanna’s attacks on the formation of B-17’s and looking up seeing the sun glint off the buchon’s wings as mark turned in for each pass.

I heard someone saying they parked up in a Pub car Park and saw this formation coming overhead – they were awestruck and thought they were in a WW2 timewarp 🙂

Many thanks guys, Perhaps Flypast could organise a ‘special’ softback with all of my photos and the many others that are about. Perhaps Midland Counties books might be interested in the prospect?, any suggestions/help in persuing this idea, JDK could you pull some strings

This would be awesome – I sent the link for these photos to an American friend – he is the Photo HIstorian for a large Bomb Group and he says

” Incredible Shots ” You should send Flypast a message to do another special issue on the Memphis Belle movie based on all these unseen photos, it would do HUGE. ”

I think he is right and co-incidentally several others have a similar opinion after seeing your latest shots B17 Man – truly amazing

Had a reminder from the US pal saying it was 15 years ago – still cant get my head round that !!

[QUOTE=Bomberboy]Somewhere in that wreckage was my camera, my jacket and my sanity.

Hey Bomber boy – glad you made it outa there alive – it must have been scary as hell afterward when you realised what had just occured