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Old 4th Apr 2019, 07:36
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Nice picture M609. I do remember 617 almost doing a clean sweep in 1980, Barksdale Boy, but I can’t remember which one they didn’t get ? Pete Branthwaite’s 617 crew (Pete, Bob German, Al Beadie, OJ Wheeler and Duke Wilson) used an offset technique for their visual bombing and got some excellent / winning scores. They went on to GV80 and came out as the top Vulcan crew (I think 4 crews went each year ?) and were placed 4th overall which, over there, mixing it with the home B52s and FB111s was impressive in itself. Sadly OJ and Duke are no longer with us, RIP.
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