G-ASXX Flew into Blackpool in 1971
, I was in a Cherokee six G-AWCY that landed at Hullavington to pick up the Navigator. We trundled down south to deliver said Nav, and then SXX got airborn with Neil Williams at the controls. En route she did a Bomb run across Lake Bala in Wales, rear turret reported two sailing boats blown over on this pass! The aircraft belonged to Reflectair/Histoic Air Preservation Society. We ran the engines regularly at Blackpool, It was then purchased by Lord Roberts, it was dismantled, found it's way to Scampton, I remember the RAF "Chiefy" air tech saying that SXX was in better nick that their flying Lanc. The RAF one had been butchered several times in the Centre Fuse to house all kinds of experimental gear. I also remember SXX being in its White French Marine color, there are patches on the bomb doors where she took "incoming" when at Dien Ben Phu!.
Not a lot of people know that!
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