Some old photo's

TarJak · 02-24-08, 06:35 AM

I've been going through my late father's photo and slide collection trying to digitise, catalogue and generally sort them out so they never get lost. In doing so I came across these which he took in 1956. I thought I'd share the contact scan I did with you lot and also ask if anyone can tell me if they know anything about one of the aircraft in them.

I know the date and I know where he took them. I know that they are of a RAF Vulcan bomber XA897 and a Canberra bomber W??92 both of which went on a world tour. The Vulcan later crashed in poor weather at London airport on it's return.

I can't work out the rego of the Canberra and can find no mention of it accompanying the Vulcan on the world tour. Both were definately parked at Mascot airport in Sydney on the same date according to the data my father wrote on the back of the photo's.

Does anyone have any idea what the rego of the Canberra bomber is and whether it accomanied the Vulcan on the entire round the world trip or did it just fly down from the RAF/RAAF base Butterworth in Malaya?

02-24-08, 06:35 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Some old photo's I've been going through my late father's photo and slide collection trying to digitise, catalogue and generally sort them out so they never get lost. In doing so I came across these which he took in 1956. I thought I'd share the contact scan I did with you lot and also ask if anyone can tell me if they know anything about one of the aircraft in them. I know the date and I know where he took them. I know that they are of a RAF Vulcan bomber XA897 and a Canberra bomber W??92 both of which went on a world tour. The Vulcan later crashed in poor weather at London airport on it's return. I can't work out the rego of the Canberra and can find no mention of it accompanying the Vulcan on the world tour. Both were definately parked at Mascot airport in Sydney on the same date according to the data my father wrote on the back of the photo's. Does anyone have any idea what the rego of the Canberra bomber is and whether it accomanied the Vulcan on the entire round the world trip or did it just fly down from the RAF/RAAF base Butterworth in Malaya?