Originally Posted by
washoutt
The last four large aircraft in the second row, are those Boeing B-29's? Were they part of the UK Air Force?
Yes, as mentioned, in early 1950, the RAF acquired 87 early B-29A's (Washington B.1) on loan from the USAF, that had just been taken out of service and were due to go into desert storage.
These were a stop-gap in the nuclear role until the Canberra was able to take on that role, and all the B-29's were returned to the USA in early 1954.