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Old 11th September 2003 | 21:22
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Hairyplane
 
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An interesting 50's framed press cutting in the Crown pub @ Enstone (alas disappeared on change of landlord a few years back) described the landing of one of those rocking great big B36 Peacemakers (was that the 'aluminium overcast'?) at Enstone instead of Upper Heyford.

If I recall the cutting accurately -

It took days apparently to strip everything out of it/ wait for favourable winds before it could take off again.

It had flown non-stop across the Atlantic.

The captain was immediately sent back Stateside to face the music.

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