Late to the party as befits an early Airbridge pilot!! SLKOwft thanks for the pics of the Herc bomber. We took the No1 from British Wye northbound on one of the Jun/Jul airbridges. He described the bombs dropped on the B Wye as green with a yellow stripe around the nose, (as shown in your #209). I remember thinking that was way too close if you can describe that from the receiving end. He also said that the tanks on the attacked side contained AVCAT.
Which radar was it just up the hill, SW from the control tower? Westinghouse? I remember being told the that an American took just one printed circuit card with him before our boys arrived. We were told he was from the manufacturers and the loss of that one card was enough to make the radar useless.
Many thanks to the MAOT "Motley 9"? Always a welcome voice after 13+ hours.
Also thanks to the Mobile Met Unit, Bill McQueen was it? both at ASI and PSA.
The MMU forecast of a Z pattern jet coming off S America allowed us to pressure pattern fly, going north, until the wind dropped off and achieve 9.40 PSA to ASI.
A Herc record I think. Average northbound flight time was 11 hours.
Great thread, thanks MOGWI et al.
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