Buccaneer pics

Kemble 2002

I hope someone can help

Here’s a photo of one of the Buccs departing from Cranfield. my memory of that day is a well known friend cutting a couple of twigs from the hedge to get a clear shot!

Vickers Valiant XD818

The Valiant was roaded in. A close friend of mine was a navigator onboard 818 when they had a possible engine fire 150 out over the sea!

As an aside, I photographed the last Valiant to fly when it flew in to Abingdon in 1968 for the RAF 50th Anniversary review.

That RAF Abingdon openday in 1968

Some very nice photos. It was somewhat more than an open day, Her Majesty being there on the Friday. ( she declined to have the Lightning display!) I recall seeing the last Valiant land as well as a Beverly flown back from Bicester where they were awaiting scrapping. Flying rehearsals took place on the afternoons of that week. Attached is a photo of the Gunbus replica that I took during the week.

1 engined Lanc

Sycamore, thanks for your input. I agree. The word from my Nav friend just now was that ‘all their eggs were in one basket’! The opposite engine was always unfeathered first, very gently at first to get the prop windmilling, being well aware of possible problems from the CSU. As he said, at the same time the other two engines were proceding as well, the
flight engineer being like the proverbial one armed paper hanger.
Moving on, I have somewhere a slide of Pat Fillingham flying the Mossie at Booker on one engine. Does anyone else have a photo?

1 engined Lancs

Papa Lima is correct – my father flew in a Lancaster at a post war display when three engines were feathered for a pass along the crowd line. Living three doors from me is an ex Lincoln navigator – he flew in a Lincoln that made a pass on one engine.