Originally Posted by
zetec2
Further to my earlier post, might be some ex members of No 1 MPHU (Mobile Photographic Unit) J*hn L**k*tt where are you ?, on here, they were based alongside 17Sqd (
PR) Canberra's hangar where all those funny black boxes were delivered after the Pembroke flights up & down to Gatow had landed (we did Templehoff & Tegel as well), they would no doubt be able to advise what & where it was all about. On the trips to Gatow after taxying in & after refuelling & oiling we were usually towed into the top hangar to unload away from the prying eyes on the watch towers on the far side of the airfield, very clandestine !.
My father was a pilot on 17 Sqn from '66 to '69. I was only 7-10 then, but Wildenrath holds some fantastic childhood memories. I have been trying to find info on this period for quite some time and came across this site. My father is still alive (edited out).