Why not..? :confused:

It was a joke, but never mind.

From the Daily Telegraph cutting of the award winning photos. These would be just before that at post48.

Interesting picture. Wished I’d found it on eBay. The first B29 is indeed “Top Secret”, 44-27302 V-72. It flew 6 “pumpkin” bomb missions from end July to 14 August 1945 with the 509th Composite Group. The Pumpkin was a high explosive bomb with characteristics and shape of the A bomb, Fat Man. Used for on the job training on Japanese targets.
The second in the row is indeed the Enola Gay.

Then in that case, comparing my photo with the film, trailing out from the seat is the pilot’s parachute initiation (or whatever the technical term is).

DCPage, thanks for describing what I photographed all those years ago. I had always thought I had captured the moment of ejection. But, looking again, you are quite correct. It is after man/seat separation. I have three more shots, one prior to this when the pilot must have still been in the cockpit and two after this, just prior to impact with the ground. It did all happen rather quickly. I recall being able to say to my then girlfriend (future wife) , “sh!t they collided”, lifted the camera and take the pictures. For some reason I couldn’t focus on the second MiG as he went into a flat spin and gave up. I too had heard that one of the pilots had since died.

DaveE you will be interested to know that I too had been dragged into the arts and crafts tent by my then girlfriend. We’d just came out when the incident happened. Any longer inside looking at wicker baskets and I’d have missed the whole thing!

Great video. I was there too and can’t believe it was nearly 20yrs ago. This is one of a number of photos I shot of the incident. It was good to know eventually that no one was hurt.

Andy,
This doesn’t sound right to me because trademark is about protecting a brand or product. Not necessarily a name. Could I suggest writing to your MP to ask that they write to MoD??? I can’t as I live in Spain!

Andy, unfortunately my first edition went AWOL some years ago, however 76 Squadron references in Chapter 8, in the original and later editions, are to do with how men suffered the strains of bombing operations. The courage required, fatalism, fear and, so called, LMF (lack of moral fibre). There are first hand accounts of fear and how some crew decided to refuse to fly after harrowing events. I have a later edition and even if you get hold of a later copy, you’ll still get the still get the gist of it.