Maybe not a thousand bomber raid but there is this: Raid On Kleve 7-8/2/1945 - YouTube
Richard Dimbleby flew a number of missions over occupied territory as a war reporter during WW2 and, in my opinion, was a very brave man.
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Maybe not a thousand bomber raid but there is this: Raid On Kleve 7-8/2/1945 - YouTube
Richard Dimbleby flew a number of missions over occupied territory as a war reporter during WW2 and, in my opinion, was a very brave man.
While looking for missing pic's, I found a few you have not seen.
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Well my dogs got the pipps with me, all week I've been dropping whatever I've been doing, grabbing my bino's and dashing outside to watch planes practicing for the two day Warbirds over Scone.
The dog is pretty bloody smart, took her half a day to work out what I was doing, by mid week she would alert me before I could even hear them, so by this morning she was pretty cranky when she realised that I was not taking her out with me.
The wife tells me she spent most of the day on the backsteps watching them by herself....pity dogs are not allowed, she has been out there before and really enjoys it...just loves planes.....more fun than chasing cats.
Today I took about 250 photo's It was the first time in OZ that so many War Birds have been together at the same time, four Spitfires, four Kittyhawks, three Mustangs, three Harvards, two Wirraways, along with a plethora of other rare aircraft.
I had a sneak peak in the new museum hanger, bloody great, but having a mongel time uploading, will catch up when I sort it out.
These inside the new hanger.
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For a two day event, the first day was the only successful one, the second day was washed out, the first days viewing was ok but photo shoots were invariably spoiled by cloud and limited visability.
Taking pic's against a cloud grey background results in black silhouettes and blurred definition.
But despite the limited air shots, I did manage to take over 300 pic's. Despite heads and hats and the odd umbrella.
A flyover shot will give you an idea of the poor definition
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So the bulk of my offerings will be ground or close to it shots.
The roar of those engines makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck, I can only imagine the noise from those British airfields back when it was real.
Let's start with the oldest contender, an F2B BRISTOL FIGHTER. seeing this old bird fly was really something, these were common over Scone in the years around WW1, a 1/2 Sqn. being based on the old Nandowra strip at Scone.
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Looks like a great day out!
A familiar one.
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.....and a rare one(Hudson Bomber, only one flying)
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My past next door neighbor flew Hudsons during the last war. He had a story about them having a tendency to ground loop on landing and break in half...and burn. He had just finished warning a trainee when the trainee did that very thing. They both survived.
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