Posted on 12/29/2013 4:49:02 PM PST by CodeJockey
Lost my Mom this past week and as is probably a right of passage Dad has passed on a ton of family photographs to me. He had a small album of pictures from when he was in the 352nd fighter squadron in Vietnam around 1967.
Not sure the protocol for posting actual active duty military pictures, but almost 50 years have passed now.
This was one aircraft that was in his album. There were several F-100'S. That was what he wrenched on at the time.
He never spoke of being over there, and I never asked many questions.
B-57 Canberra
he’s right
The English Electric Canberra is a first-generation jet-powered light bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s. The Canberra could fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber through the 1950s and set a world altitude record of 70,310 ft (21,430 m) in 1957. Due to its ability to evade early interceptors, and its significant performance advancement over contemporary piston- engined bombers, the Canberra was a popular export product and served with many nations. In addition to being a tactical nuclear strike aircraft, the Canberra proved to be highly adaptable, serving in varied roles such as tactical bombing and photographic and electronic reconnaissance. Canberras served in the Vietnam War, the Falklands War, the Indo-Pakistani Wars, and numerous African conflicts. In several wars, both of the opposing forces had Canberras in their air forces. The Canberra was retired by its first operator, the Royal Air Force (RAF), in June 2006, 57 years after its first flight. Two of the Martin B-57 variant remain in service, performing meteorological work for NASA, as well as providing electronic communication (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node or BACN) testing for deployment to Afghanistan.
Martin Aircraft licence-built the English Electric design in the states.
Had one at my base back in the days....
Serious revetments that were pretty typical in the Republic of Viet Nam.
Ditto. It was used for airborne photography and some other things.
Martin B-7 Canberra
Yep, B 57
...I'm sure...Aussie wasn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvYCPuBlB_M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3PXQNEDnuA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23V8zmyK240
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkkN39o-hqY
The surrounding hills must have been a nightly invitation to Bad Guys with mortars and rocket launchers.
Looking at the hills in the background, could have been anywhere.
Didn’t the South Africans and Rhodesians rely heavily on these planes?
If I had to guess, 50/50, I’d guess Africa, somewhere, and NOT RVN.
But then again, I’ve never been to Africa.
My thoughts exactly. Unless they were held by friendlies, those are some forbidding hills next to an airbase.
Bad guys everywhere.
But it just doesn’t seem like RVN to me. But hey, who am I to judge?
Looks British to me
Yep. Cam Rahn Bay 1970-72 The Canberra’s were equipped for photo recon and dropping spike-sonds. I forget the exact nomenclature of the things. USAF aircraft.
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