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Old 23rd Mar 2012, 13:11
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Steve Bond
 
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Hello Steve,

I have been following this thread with fascination; you are getting some great stuff, so perhaps I can pitch in. I agree that the Canberra story has not yet been told properly, so your aim is spot on.

My only personal connection (despite 22 years in the RAF) is as a cadet spending an Easter camp at 231 OCU Bassingbourn in 1960 and being staggered by the number of Canerras littering the airfield. More importantly for you, I have a huge number of photographs, plus a number of very good friends with Canberrra experience. These include; a USAF engineer who worked on most B-57 variants, including a Vietnam tour; a navigator in the early days with Bomber Command squadrons at Upwood; and a pilot on 216 Squadron in RAFG with some amusing/alarming stories about the B(I).6 variant and its tactical nuclear role.

If any of this is of interest, please send me a private message rather than clogging up this thread.

Good luck and best regards

Steve Bond
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