AVGAS will travel

[Steve Bond]

Does anyone by any chance, have a copy of a well-known photo of USS Essex taken at low level from a 201 Sqn Shackleton in 1961 and entitled 'AVGAS will travel'? Please!

[Above The Clouds]

Will this be the one your after ?

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ab/c8/a2/abc8a2bb6b3308697911b24ae428e45b.jpg

[Steve Bond]

No, that's not the one I'm afraid, as it shows a SAAF Shackleton. But many thanks anyway.

[handsfree]

Found this on a website:
RAF St. Mawgan (http://splashdown2.tripod.com/theroyalairforce/id5.html)

On return to St. Mawgan on one such trip on XF710 ‘K’ on 5th December 1961 the USS ‘Essex’ Aircraft Carrier was spotted in the Irish Sea being refueled and resupplied by a mother ship, the Squadron CO brought Kilo down to a very low level at deck height to do a couple of passes over her. The final pass was at a higher altitude and one of the Signallers took a now very famous photograph with a K24 Kodak ‘Long Tom’ camera entitling the pic as ‘AVGAS , will travel’

I can't find an accompanying photo but it provides a bit more information to go on

[Steve Bond]

Thanks, that quote comes from one of the contributors to 'Shackleton Boys', which is why I am looking for the photo.

[scorpion63]

Found this on a website:
RAF St. Mawgan (http://splashdown2.tripod.com/theroyalairforce/id5.html)

On return to St. Mawgan on one such trip on XF710 ‘K’ on 5th December 1961 the USS ‘Essex’ Aircraft Carrier was spotted in the Irish Sea being refueled and resupplied by a mother ship, the Squadron CO brought Kilo down to a very low level at deck height to do a couple of passes over her. The final pass was at a higher altitude and one of the Signallers took a now very famous photograph with a K24 Kodak ‘Long Tom’ camera entitling the pic as ‘AVGAS , will travel’

I can't find an accompanying photo but it provides a bit more information to go on






The camera is an F24 made by Williamsons not Kodak