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Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:03 am
by Harrier1980
Burner wrote:No it didn't, I saw with my own eyes
Dont you hate it when you see written history and you know it is not so, because you were there when it happened, or didnt happen.
Thanks for putting me right, Just found this, quite an interesting read.
http://www.sharkeysworld.com/2012/03/bl ... atter.html
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:07 am
by Harrier1980
christel wrote:
Titanic was an American ship, wasn't it?
didn't the US capture the first Enigma machine too?
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:38 am
by Chuck
didn't the US capture the first Enigma machine too?
according to the movie they did...
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:25 pm
by Blu
didn't the US capture the first Enigma machine too?
Oh Jeez don't get me started on that one. You wouldn't believe the number of times I had to prove it was fiction.
Blu
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:34 pm
by John25
Blu wrote:didn't the US capture the first Enigma machine too?
Oh Jeez don't get me started on that one. You wouldn't believe the number of times I had to prove it was fiction.
Blu
Is it?
:flag5:
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:36 pm
by Blu
Harrier, yep a very interesting read, sure there were bomb and shell craters around the area of the runway from both the Vulcan raids and from naval gunfire, but as I said the runway itself wasn't touched and we/I saw no visible signs of repairs to the runway. Lets face it had they had to fill in a bomb crater it's not something one could miss, the repair would have been quit evident.
Blu
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:37 pm
by Blu
John25 wrote:Blu wrote:didn't the US capture the first Enigma machine too?
Oh Jeez don't get me started on that one. You wouldn't believe the number of times I had to prove it was fiction.
Blu
Is it?
:flag5:
Is it what?
Blu
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:21 pm
by Sandgroper
Not meaning to put the cat amongst the pigeons or doubt Blu in any way but according to this picture, Blackbuck 1 hit the target.
http://www.rna-10-area.net/blackbuck.html
This one shows the runway was missed, but looking at the picture it is probably Black Buck 2 (see below. You can already see the runway has been repaired (but the miss craters are still visible.)
http://rafmuseum-1.titaninternet.co.uk/ ... y/1982.cfm
BB1 Target - Airfield runway
BB2 Target - Western end of runway to prevent enlargement
BB3 Scrubbed
BB4 Scrubbed
BB5 Target - Ground Radar array (Shrike missiles)
BB6 Target - AA Fire control radar (Shrike missiles)
BB7 Target - Troop positions near runway.
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:29 pm
by Blu
Sandgroper, hey that's the way it looks mate in the photos but I know what I saw. Could be the photos were doctored for the news and general public consumption (propaganda)? Hell I don't know, I just know what I saw and it doesn't tally with what was put out by the UK government at the time.
Blu
Re: Vulcan Bomber XH558
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:57 pm
by Sandgroper
Not disagreeing with you Blu, you where there and I was still in primary school!
If we make the assumption it was hit, then it was with only one bomb and relatively early in the war (30th April?) - that makes it quite possible that it was quite well repaired by the time you got there. If you look at the two pictures, the craters near the runway match (apart from the one in the middle of the runway).
However, you where there, which makes anything I say pure speculation!