JS> > Observer/Airgunner with the RAuxAF 130-1934, but didn't want to
JS> end up > in a turret inhis mid thirties.
 
JS> You had some rather old one flying the wimpys and other as gunners.
 
Yes...
 
...but my dad was wryly amused when people from Air Ministry were
annoyed that NO-ONE from the station's ground-crews would volunteer for
air gunner training. He said that they had hosed down too many Halifax
fuselages and fitted new rear turrets: he didn't blame them a bit.
 
JS> I never flew the B-57 (our Canberra) but had friends that did. the
JS> high altitude version was something. They were reworked where I was
JS> stationed. My last 8 years was as Radar-Navigator (bombaimer) on
JS> B-52Fs...
 
That airframe was strong and versatile: from high altitude to low level
penetration. I would have like to crew on the BI8 version: it would
have been a blast!
 
JS> I hated it when Macnamara cancelled the Sky Bolts that we were to
JS> carry on B-52s and you on the V-bombers... Best stand off weapon
JS> ever devised...
 
The RAF suspected that it was going to happen and had quietly kept our
Blue Steel stand-off weapon quietly simmering on the back burner.
 
Bruce
 
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