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Buffs @ Brize

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rogersmith44
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Buffs @ Brize

Post by rogersmith44 » Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:03 pm

A few from Brize in 1980,i hope these are of some interest to you,apologies for the quality.

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr

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B52D (Mig kill) Brize 1980 by Roger ks45, on Flickr
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by CHILL51 » Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:06 pm

Great photos :thumbs: :thumbs:
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by Mike » Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:42 pm

Stunning shots. :) :thumb:
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by MikeB » Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:52 pm

Lovely images, never tire of seeing all the things I missed out on!
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by SamP » Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:23 pm

Fantastic selection of what I should think are some incredibly rare images!
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by ginge » Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:29 pm

Oh my god :clap:
Fantastic
I need to lie down now :D

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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by Stuart Green » Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:32 pm

Great set, loving all these golden oldies that everyone's posting at the mo :thumbs: :D
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Post by graham luxton » Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:44 pm

Yes, some great reminders of how good it used to be.
I was there on those days as well - taking movies rather than stills. When compared to the `G` and `H` models a B-52D departure was definitely the most impressive because of the distinctive sound they made on take off - can best describe it as a roaring, howling screech.

Brize hosted 5 of these `Maritime` B-52D deployments in 1980/81 involving the 7, 22 and 96BW's. Each Wing deployed 3 a/c for periods which varied from 5 to 22 days.
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by paddyboy » Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:32 pm

Hi Roger :P

OMG, 'Bigfin' pics :Wow: :Wow: :Wow:

IMHO, the best Buff pics I have seen on FC :thumbs:

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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by MKR » Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:38 pm

Nice set :thumbs: . It looks like the VC-10 is waiting for the smoke to clear before lining up in the fifth photo.
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by rogersmith44 » Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:58 am

Thank you for all your kind comments they have encouraged me to delve into my archive & dig out a few more.A story I was told at the time was that the red star just beneath the serial on the nose signifies that aircraft was credited with downing a Mig in the Vietnam conflict (you can see it on the last three photos),does anybody know if the story is true?
MIke did you also notice in photo 6 top left corner is a VC10 with a bird's-eye view?
Thanks again
Roger
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Post by EGDGZTCW » Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:56 am

Fantastic set of photo's ! I was lucky enough to have been there in air traffic but sadly remember very little of the flying. I do remember swapping bits of uniform with the Americans, there were loads of them. We even had females in our block, very unusual at the time !!

Managed to get a couple of shots with my trusty Kodak 110...remember them? Here's one of them.....not great :unsure:

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Some years later I was involved with B52G's at St Mawgan on Harpoon trials.....had a better camera by then :)
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by BOLLO » Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:57 am

Seen this set of shots before,still a great set of shots to see. :thumb: :thumb:
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Post by Jammo » Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:56 am

They are amazing aircraft, cheers for posting them, very, very nice, that was a lovely colour scheme :thumbs: :thumb:
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by 3Greens » Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:42 pm

Brilliant set. Managed to catch some tall fin D's ? in that same scheme over at Marham for 'Giant Strike' - think it was Spring 1976
Thanks for posting :thumb:
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by StandardTom » Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:02 pm

MikeB wrote:Lovely images, never tire of seeing all the things I missed out on!
I second that, well done! :)
My Photos on Flickr
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by GVLCN » Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:24 pm

awesome shots :clap: :clap: , never seen anything other than a G or H model fly unfortunately!
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by graham luxton » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:45 pm

rogersmith44 wrote:Thank you for all your kind comments they have encouraged me to delve into my archive & dig out a few more.A story I was told at the time was that the red star just beneath the serial on the nose signifies that aircraft was credited with downing a Mig in the Vietnam conflict (you can see it on the last three photos),does anybody know if the story is true?
MIke did you also notice in photo 6 top left corner is a VC10 with a bird's-eye view?
Thanks again
Roger
Yes Roger it is true - 2 B-52D's downed Migs in that conflict.

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Post by FAlcons » Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:45 am

Fantastic shots!
But it's a little painful for me to see these amazing D-models as I never saw them close in real life. I remember seeing four flying in formation over Holland more than 30 years ago, their enormous black tails clearly recognisable. When I was at Greenham Common in 1981I met my first B-52, but it was an H-model that was temp based at Marham. Years later I read that there were Ds at Brize at the same time. That still hurts. :'(
Thanks for posting! Rob
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Re: Buffs @ Brize

Post by rogersmith44 » Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:48 am

Thanks again for all your kind comments I seem to have struck a popular subject.I have been having a ferret in my photo albums & managed to find some more from 1981 so I will post them up as soon as I can find the negs.Watch this space!
Thanks again.
Roger
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