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Sparky 119
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B52 RIAT

Post by Sparky 119 » Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:04 pm

Not seen this mentioned anywhere but is 048 a new one for the UK or has it been before,have to say it looked a bit weather worn with half the serial missing on one side of the tail.

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Re: B52 RIAT

Post by graham luxton » Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:43 pm

Sparky 119 wrote:
Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:04 pm
Not seen this mentioned anywhere but is 048 a new one for the UK or has it been before,have to say it looked a bit weather worn with half the serial missing on one side of the tail.
Only been reported in the UK once before when the 2ndBW deployed 60-0048 and 61-0004 to Fairford for a short deployment in support of Ex. `Bright Star` They were present 23 -29 Sep'05.

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Re: B52 RIAT

Post by Sparky 119 » Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:51 pm

graham luxton wrote:
Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:43 pm
Sparky 119 wrote:
Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:04 pm
Not seen this mentioned anywhere but is 048 a new one for the UK or has it been before,have to say it looked a bit weather worn with half the serial missing on one side of the tail.
Only been reported in the UK once before when the 2ndBW deployed 60-0048 and 61-0004 to Fairford for a short deployment in support of Ex. `Bright Star` They were present 23 -29 Sep'05.
Cheers Graham, knew you would come up with the answer :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

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Re: B52 RIAT

Post by Knife 04 » Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:10 pm

Sparky 119 wrote:
Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:04 pm
have to say it looked a bit weather worn with half the serial missing on one side of the tail.
It encountered a very heavy storm when flying from Guam

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ChrisCwmbran
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Re: B52 RIAT

Post by ChrisCwmbran » Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:17 pm

Knife 04 wrote:
Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:10 pm
Sparky 119 wrote:
Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:04 pm
have to say it looked a bit weather worn with half the serial missing on one side of the tail.
It encountered a very heavy storm when flying from Guam
Guam or guano? :P

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Re: B52 RIAT

Post by TombsRIP » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:14 am

and large areas along leading edges down to primer...one hell of a guano strike and fan that was hit...
;-)

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