RAF Transport & Tankers - Glory Years

[bigcrow]

Pleased to see the British Phantom thread went down well. How about when the RAF had an abundance of Transport & Tankers. Again taken by myself or my later father Mike Freer.. Enjoy

#1

XV304 Hercules C1 Lyneham Tactical Wing, RAF Lyneham. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#2

XP450 Argosy C1 (Ex 70 Sqdn, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus) 5MU, RAF Kemble by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#3

XS643/D Andover C1 115 Sqdn (Ex-84 Sqdn), RAF Brize Norton by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#4

XR413 Argosy E1 115 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#5

XV108 VC-10 C1 10 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#6

XR365 Belfast C1 53 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#7

ZE704 Tristar C2 216 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton, January 1986. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#8

XV200 Hercules C1 Lyneham Tactical Wing, RAF Lyneham. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#9

XV108 VC10 C1 10 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton, January 1986. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#10

XN851 Argosy C1 (ex-115 Sqdn) 5MU, RAF Kemble. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#11

XR365 Belfast C1 53 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton, May 1976 by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#12

XH672 Victor K.2 55 Squadron, RAF Marham. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#13

XH669 Victor K2 57 Squadron, RAF Marham by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#14

XH673 Victor K2 57 Squadron, RAF Marham by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#15

XL161 Victor K.2 55 Squadron, RAF Marham. by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#16

ZA141\B VC-10 K2 101 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

#17

TG503 Hastings T5, Strike Command Bombing School (1066 Squadron), RAF Lindholme by Stuart Freer - Touchdown Aviation, on Flickr

[Amp]

What a delightful set of photos, love the camo VC-10.
(I thought that was the little known 6 engined Hastings at first glance!)

[Tanker Ray]

A fantastic set of shots Stuart from you and your late dad. Also you have scanned and post processed then exceptionally well. What a great time to have been a military photographer in the seventies to nineties!

TR

[MKR]

Another great set Stuart . That grey green VC 10 and the desert camo Argosies are my favourites .

[TimFoo]

Brilliant again!!! Wonderful shots but love the Hastings...

[Sparts99]

Takes me back to the late 60s and early 70s RAF BoB At Home Days. Keep 'em coming.

[ridgmeister]

A fantastic set that took me back a few decades! Thanks for sharing them, they brightened up a dull day. Hopefully more to come
Cheers,
Paul

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these, some great shots and memories there. Regarding the Argosy, I took visited Kemble in 1975 and saw several in outside storage. The 115 Sqn example shown landing should be XR143. Hard to pick a favourite, but it has to be the Hastings, always a favourite of mine. TG503 is preserved in Berlin and several years ago, I visited the museum where it's displayed, it's now in the original scheme, but for the sum of one Euro, I was able to enter the interior and watch a film about the Berlin Airlift. All great shots and thank you for sharing these with us.

[Richard E]

Together with the Phantom images you posted, excellent.

We have probably become so familiar with high quality, well processed digital images its refreshing to see and enjoy "old school" 35mm film images presented to the same high standard.

Thank you

[herky10]

Still the best colour scheme ever to grace a Hercules!

[paddyboy]

Yet another stunning set, Stuart

Great to see the Belfast and the ‘flying t1t’

All that lovely camo

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[Petepilot]

Brilliant set, many thanks for posting!

[hanzl]

oh,that Hastings is superb!Seen this one arr. at RAF Laarbruch long time ago,not knowing what it was....
Hanzl

[Morseman]

Certainly brought back some memories, thanks for posting.

[matt e]

great set

[paulh]

Another superb set, Hercs looked fantastic in the desert cammo colours - I even had a 1/72 Airfix kit looking the same back in the 70's!

Thank you for posting.

[warthog56]

Brilliant set of images! The camo' schemes on the Herc's and Argosy's pre-dated my owning a camera so are especially nice memory "jerkers" from the BoB shows of the late 60's and early 70's. Such a joy to see photographs that are not all grey fighters! Thanks for posting.

[SW Sky Blue]

Excellent Stu, I never tire of seeing your dads pics

[Stratocruiser]

Right on the money there mate and you saved the best gem to last!
A great set and thanks for sharing them

[Doddy754]

Wow! What a set thanks for posting. Another vote for the Hasting, always had a soft spot for the type growing up in Bath and visiting relatives in Colerne where they were a daily sight and sound around the village operating out of RAF Colerne.