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Old 11th Dec 2008, 09:47
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ColinB
 
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There None So Blind As Those Who Cannot See

It was at Gutersloh where 57 Sqdn was stationed along with 79 Sqdn flying Swifts. Ray Hannah was on 79 and the Group Captain was called MacFarlane.
You have misunderstood, there was no question of the Canberra being bogged down after a landing, it was bogged down because someone had been trying to take off in it.
I have no knowledge of the subsequent fate of XH203 and accept your version but I do know where it was on 15th October 1957. I was there.
I would have thought the provision of the name of the Squadron, the type and serial number of the aircraft, the precise date of the incident may have caused you to check it out.
This was a famous event widely reported in the press I am surprised you are unaware of it perhaps you were over there behind that tree.
You may be interested to know that the RAF believed enough of this crew-room tale to Court Martial John on 11th February 1958 before sending him for a stay in Uxbridge.
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