Some nice color RAF WWII photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787@N07/sets/72157605269786717/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787@N07/sets/72157605269786717/show/
This was fun to see from the hold~short line:
The First Time I Ever Saw Anti-Missile Flares.... Scared The Crap Out Of Me!
120802-N-MH210-279 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 2, 2012) ..../Released)
However to this day, whenever I see a photo of anti-missile flares, I immediately flash back to that dangerous day long ago, when I saw my first one.
120802-N-HB951-314 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 2, 2012) F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 conduct an air power demonstration over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is en route to the United States to complete an eight-month change-of-homeport deployment during which it operated in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Sorenson/Released)
Don't remember if I ever carried any of those flares. But I will never forget trying to do 40 degree night bombing with those "flickering, shadow-producing, vertigo-generators" allegedly trying to illuminate the target... either in training around the Salton Sea, or for real around the Mu Ghia Pass.The only flares I ever experienced were those @%&(*!$ MK-24 Paraflares we carried for night truck thumps along the HCM trail. Flickering, shadow-producing, vertigo-generators (along with being the principal culprit in the ORISKANY tragedy). Damned touchy to handle & carry also, always sweated having one accidently ignite in- flight, especially being attached to the underside of the Scooter wet-wing!
We were prohibited from ever trapping with unexpended or hung flare(s), CBUs, or napalm!
BzB
either in training around the Salton Sea, or for real around the Mu Ghia Pass.