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Old 9th May 2011 | 23:46
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Contrary to what was said in the programme, according to Wikipedia (so it must be true ) the US trials of Highball were not post-war; the first A-26 was converted by Vickers in January 1945 and the tests were carried out over Choctawhatchee Bay near Eglin Field, Florida where the unfortunate aircraft, A-26C-25-DT 43-22644, crashed fatally on 28 April 1945, thus ending the programme.
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