Old Buckenham 2022

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Amazing shots Terry, you most certainly got my pulse racing just looking at them, heaven knows what it would have been like being there. Thank you.
 
Another of the slightly different "acts" was a re-creation of "The Last Dogfight" when, in April, 1945, a US Army "Cub" attacked and forced down a German Fiesler "Storch", with the American pilot using his Service .45 pistol to do so !!!
The Cub shown here is, of course, a genuine example, but the Storch is a 75% replica, and very convincing too.

Back tomorrow with more from the show.


 
The Plain Sailing operated Catalina "Miss Pick Up" arrived from Duxford, and gave it's usual smooth display. She's painted to represent an aircraft of the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, who were based at Halesworth, to the east of Old Buckenham, during WW2 ( also the base of the 56th Fighter Group).
For once I was rather happy about the grey skies, as this gave some opportunities for some atmospheric shots, and it was easy to imagine the "Cat" cruising over the cold North Sea, searching for downed aircrew.
There are a few more pics to come, featuring a "new" Spitfire on the UK air show circuit, plus some odds and ends, which I'll sort and post later today and, of course, Karl has more to show too.


 
Thanks again chaps.

The air show programme had originally included a P-51D and a P-47D, but these did not participate, the closing "slot" being filled by a recent relative newcomer ( as far as colour schemes are concerned ) to the UK air show circuit, which Karl and I saw flying past our camp site on Saturday evening ( it was a two day show ).
Although it would have been nice to see the Mustang and Thunderbolt, we'd seen both of these particular aircraft numerous times, and it was good to have a "new" aircraft to watch and photograph.
This is Spitfire LF.XVIe, serial number RW382, painted as WZ-RR "Porky II", of the 309th F.S. USAAF, and a quick check showed that we had actually seen this aircraft before, at Little Gransden back in 2014, when it was in the colours of 322 ( Dutch ) Squadron, RAF, coded 3W-P, but good to see a new colour scheme anyway.
Apparently, when the current owner told his wife he was going to buy a Spitfire, she couldn't understand why he wanted "one of those old things", thinking he meant the Triumph Spitfire, the 1960's British sports car !!!

So, this and the following post will show the "new" Spitfire, which gave a very impressive display, and a fitting end to a great day at Old Buckenham.


 

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