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Old 19th Dec 2006, 13:07
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mrseagull
 
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Anyone here recall an incident around 1964 (?) at Church Fenton?

What I recall as a Vulcan overshot and ended up in our potatoes - we owned a fair amount of the land at one end of the station.

I was a youngster, out shooting partridges with the landlord of the Ulleskelf Arms, and remember the white nose of what looked like a Vulcan (very misty, certainly a large white aircraft) with a cordon of blokes round it. We were not encouraged to approach any closer, so went home. Maybe my .410 and my friend Bob's 12 bore didn't help.

Aircraft were not frequent visitors on our farm, but a Jet Provost around the time did make a most impressive hole amongst the sheep..
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