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Old 2nd Jan 2014, 00:44
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Preon
 
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Hi Steve, Looks as though you are almost finished however have you covered 1323 Flt in 1954?
I met an ex- Canberra B.2. pilot in N.Ireland about 24 years ago who was
then employed with a holiday airline flying as a Captain on B.757 aircraft.

Briefly he had flown to the Pacific in 1954 with 1323 Flt. to monitor nuclear tests however worryingly found himself as the sole survivor when two fellow Canberra's were lost, one without trace.
The second aircraft force landed on an atoll enabling a forensic examination of the airframe and engines and concluding ( I think) that the engine generators had suffered corrosion in over-water salt laden conditions.

I've never seen any published articles regarding the above circumstances.
Look forward to reading your book.
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