Originally Posted by
Talkdownman
It was not a USAF mis-ident. The B52 simply missed Farnborough as a result of Farnborough ATC vectoring. Blackbushe just happened to be beneath the B52 after it missed Farnborough. The Blackbushe ATZ was delegated to Farnborough at the time so there was no traffic problem. There was simply no spare capacity for a second line-up attempt to correct the error.
Not the impression given by the Show commentary at the time especially as the overflight was meant to be part of the display.