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Greenham Common 1971
Greenham Common 1971
Any chance anyone recorded C-97, ROCKY 30 that arrived GC on the evening of 6/09/1971?
Routed in via SLY 17:36, STU 17:43, BCN 17:57 at F230
Regards,
Colin
Routed in via SLY 17:36, STU 17:43, BCN 17:57 at F230
Regards,
Colin
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Re: Greenham Common 1971
Not seen any reports of this Colin, seems like it slipped through the net. At FL230 it would be a KC-97L.Downrange wrote:Any chance anyone recorded C-97, ROCKY 30 that arrived GC on the evening of 6/09/1971?
Routed in via SLY 17:36, STU 17:43, BCN 17:57 at F230
Regards,
Colin
Alternatively, could this be an MC-130E? 8 SOS 40566 arrived on the 6th to be temporarily based but I don't know what the c/s or arrival time was.
cheers,
Graham
Re: Greenham Common 1971
Thanks Graham - appreciate your response; a long shot at this stage anyway!
Colin
Colin
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Re: Greenham Common 1971
Hi Colin
looking at SEAR (South East Air Review) for October 1971 there is no mention of any C-97 in Greenham,
lots of other movements, C-121,C-124C,C-130,C-141 and so on , am sure if it had landed it would have been reported
and no sign of it at any other USAF airfields
looking at SEAR (South East Air Review) for October 1971 there is no mention of any C-97 in Greenham,
lots of other movements, C-121,C-124C,C-130,C-141 and so on , am sure if it had landed it would have been reported
and no sign of it at any other USAF airfields
Re: Greenham Common 1971
My log for Greenham on Sep 6th shows 3 W.Va ANG C-119Gs, but that was probably daytime not evening...
53-7884
53-8087
53-8149
Maybe another arrived?
It looks like they went on to Ramstein https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=792200
53-7884
53-8087
53-8149
Maybe another arrived?
It looks like they went on to Ramstein https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=792200
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Re: Greenham Common 1971
Unfortunately they were the only ones.Skymaster wrote:My log for Greenham on Sep 6th shows 3 W.Va ANG C-119Gs, but that was probably daytime not evening...
53-7884
53-8087
53-8149
Maybe another arrived?
It looks like they went on to Ramstein https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=792200
Re: Greenham Common 1971
Thanks everyone, starting to look like it was the MC-130 that arrived and not a C-97!
Appreciate all the input.
Regards,
Colin
Appreciate all the input.
Regards,
Colin
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Re: Greenham Common 1971
Have you, by any chance, got a date for their departure from Greenham, Graham??graham luxton wrote:Unfortunately they were the only ones.Skymaster wrote:My log for Greenham on Sep 6th shows 3 W.Va ANG C-119Gs, but that was probably daytime not evening...
53-7884
53-8087
53-8149
Maybe another arrived?
It looks like they went on to Ramstein https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=792200
I've got a master record of having seen those three (the only US C-119s that I have seen), but my logs prior to 1978 have long gone - probably lost in a house move.
Thanks in advance,
Bob
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Re: Greenham Common 1971
Don't have that Bob but I vaguely remember they were only there for a couple of weeks which would put their departure around mid September.
Re: Greenham Common 1971
So, quite likely the date of the picture of 53-7884 arriving at Ramstein - 17/09/1971.
Many thanks, Graham.
Bob
Many thanks, Graham.
Bob
Cheers, Bob
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