B17 Real or imitation ?

[Col Bruggy]

Hello,

From my RAFCommands ref in Post #2:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...-Neptune-fates

FlyPast. March,1986(No.56). pp.24-8
Disposal - A Series on the Fate of Aircraft Withdrawn from Service - The RAF Neptune.
Chinnery,Phil

(p.26).

On January 7, 1956, six Neptunes from 36 Squadron flew to Luqa in Malta for their annual 'Fair Isle' detachment. Due to the newer Shackleton squadrons being engaged in airlift duties to Cyprus and preparation for the Royal Tour of Nigeria there were plenty of submarines available for training missions and all the Neptune crews gained valuable experience in sonics, radar and ECM.

The detachment was marred by the crash landing at Luqa on the 13th of WX547 which landed with its undercarriage retracted and suffered extensive damage. The aircraft was removed to the nearby maintenance unit at RAF Sali where it remained until May 1957. It was then sold to Remus Films who pushed it into the sea off the cliffs by Hal Far airfield and used it for some underwater sequences in a film on the life of Commander Lionel Crabb, RNVR.

Col