AD wrote:
Just some information that might be of interest,David Dowling did overfly USSR.From what he said all 4 RAF Pilots did at that time.As to Log books,he wrote to MoD before he died in 2008 to try and get something from them,unfortunately he didnt get any reply.His "normal" Logs exist with gaps when he was involved with the U2 and some other "weather reporting",(51 Squadron I think),in the early '60's.
Without wishing to be pedantic, what concrete evidence is there that any RAF pilots, other than Robbie Robinson and John MacArthur, overflew USSR territory? Chris Pocock's definitive book on the subject '50 Years of the U-2' lists every overflight and David Dowling's name doesn't appear.
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