anyone care to explain a U-2 flying south over Lancaster one sunny afternoon around ten years ago? Bright daylight, perfect visibility. High, but no so high that wing shape / size / engine confuguration / colour / tail arrangement were not clearly obvious.
Atlantic transit?
10 years ago?
AFAIK there were no U-2s (permanently) based here then although temporary visits to RAF Fairford could easily fit that timeframe. Any such TDY deployments would likely come out of Beale AFB via a US east coast stop somewhere or, most likely, direct. In either case their likely track into Fairford could easily bring them down the UK west coast I'd have thought. So transiting Lancaster at altitude is not impossible.