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And here is the book ON THE EDGE - Turning point Berlin - with a few time references to Burtonwood On the Edge - Part One - Aviation History

Interesting! But what explains all the antenna's on this C-54. Nothing to do with 'Wiesbaden', but what than?

And its role in Europe?

Found on the Internet. C-54D, according to Baugher it is a VC-54D that was assigned to 60th TCW, Wiesbaden, West Germany Feb-Apr 1951.But was it? See the number of antennas on the plane, here seen at RAF Northolt. Was the MATS livery and the assignment to 60TCW a cover-up? Who knows the story?

By the way: it is for the book 'Secret Mission' about the 7499th CS Wiesbaden/Rhein-Main.

Thanks!

Right, the 7167th would be a perfect cover-up. What is the source of this information, a/c history card?

That is 'probably' the one, it was used by Boeing as a test machine. But I'd like to delete that 'probably' and need more evidence than Thanks for this! That 'probably' bothers me... in the article on the Key website, it is not further explained, simply 'probably', that may be the assumption of...

Who knows the serial number of the YC-97 that Boeing originally installed the Big Bertha 240-inch oblique camera in? It was used in several trials in the Berlin Air Corridors, but apparently, it was underpowered. Instead, 49-2592 was used for the purpose. --Cees Steijger

I think so too. What is written about the six B-29s to Burtonwood seems not accurate; sources repeat each other and beef the story up. The B-29 in November were not on deployment, they visited the base, probably just a day or two, likely performing a local mission.

Yes, for instance: SAC Historical Study No. 61 (Declassified IAW HQ SAC 11 Oct 91) and others. I can't find any source for the visit of the 6 B-29 in November 1946 to Burtonwood.

Another one on the history of RAF Burtonwoord. It is widely published that in November 1946, there were six B-29s from the 43rd BG visiting RAF Burtonwood. In some reports, it is suggested that they were deployed there and, from RAF Burtonwood went on to other bases in Europe. In the official...

Your conclusion is spot on! To me, the U.S. greatly scandalized Great Britain with the McMahon Act, notwithstanding its staunchest ally, which, moreover, made significant contributions to the Manhattan project - even the bomb hoist, shackle, and rack system big enough to hold the American atomic...

Thanks for this! Pieces fall together. I attached the 10 October 1946 column of Pearson. What would your conclusion be?

Thanks for this! Pieces fall together. I attached the 10 October 1946 column of Pearson. What would your conclusion be?