Well Done Nick! Love the then and now picks.

I remember all the publicity about 002 at the time. Problem was no one wanted it. It wasn’t anything to do with Fleet air arm so Yeovilton didn’t want it either. However it eventually ended up there. I paid 50p admission to look over it. That day Concorde was outside and in the pouring rain I got soaked as there was a queue of people but it was worth it. Fantastic! The admission fees from the aircraft alone was said to have paid for its own hanger to be built.

Fantastic story and photo. That cathedral, the iconic land mark for Bomber crews. I could see the station commanders point of view, it would have been embarrassing for him to explain that away. All the same. Well done! Similar situation to Ilif Cousins filming Lancs at Hemswell in WW2.

Just watched this video. Takes me back to my RAF Days late 60’s early 70’s. probably the height of the cold war. I thought it was all going to be there forever at the time. The rule was people and vehicle’s would give way to aircraft at all times. But seeing a Harrier taxi round the camp roads and itself giving way to people and vehicle’s was so funny. It stopped to let a family cross the road similar to a pelican crossing. Excellent video and commentary by Raymond Baxter, thanks for posting the link.

WOW! Great pic. 12 Merlins, bet that made the ground shake a bit. Shame though as in 1954 no one was really interested then, not like the interest today. Luckily someone saved the day having the idea of keeping just one Lancaster flying for old times sake. BBMF. Brilliant thanks for posting.

Ah that’s better. What better way to start the day off with a bang, a nice juicy UXB Story over breakfast. Any more stories guys? Anything from SD2’s to Satan’s and magnetic mines will do. Wouldn’t mind betting there could be some of these in Plymouth sound. Oh plus type 17 fuses with Zus 40 and Crabtree fuse dischargers. Yum. :eagerness:

Drifting off topic AGAIN are we. Doesn’t matter who’s at fault. The topic is a WW2 Bomb that has been dealt with. No doubt there will be more as the years go by. I find as with all my WW2 Interest, and maybe most here as well, its the mechanical engineering aspect of it, and the difference between ours and theirs. The politics don’t interest me in the slightest.

Please keep on Topic.

I heard that story when I lived by there is the late ’70’s.

I just did a Google Earth for the reservoir hard to find now, so much has changed. Must be one of the few land marks still left. Great you heard the same story. Maybe that’s why they have left it untouched. I bet there are loads of UXB’s in the mud flats estuary around Laira.