Originally Posted by
JOE-FBS
This is a bit second-hand but I had a teacher in secondary school who had been a navigator on Javelins and Vulcans and I remember him telling me that they assumed that the landing sites for their planned war missions would not be there if they ever arrived at them.
PS his name was Mr Siviter if he or anyone out there who remembers him is reading this. I think I've still got somewhere the navigation / bombing protractors he gave me.
I think I remember him, Bob?
assumed that the landing sites for their planned war missions would not be there if they ever arrived
Which is why the recovery was planned to overhead at 50k Plus. It also explains why airfields like Carnaby, East Kirkby, Spilsby etc, well off the dispersal list and hopefully off the target lists, had their runways maintained.
At Gardermoen, in 1966, our power set appeared brand new and was designed for B47s.