The year 1955
A little music from the time . . .
192 Squadron Washingtons by Dave Forster
192 Squadron acquired three RB-29As as replacements for its three Lincolns in the first half of 1952. The first two aircraft (WZ966, WZ967) arrived at Watton in April and were…
Flying on 527 Squadron – Early 1950’s by Ralph Swift
All Material on this page is Copyright © Ralph Swift 2003 It is probably true to say that the jet aircraft design of the early 1950’s was still partly rooted…
A Close Thing . . . by Ralph Swift
All Material on this page is Copyright © Ralph Swift Malta calibration was to prove traumatic. As well as my usual sergeant navigator I was carrying a Sqn Ldr navigator…
Flying the Canberra . . . by Ralph Swift
All Material on this page is Copyright © Ralph Swift 2003 I disliked flying the Canberra, I had got bored and uncomfortable during the longer flights made possible by the…
Flying the Meteor . . . by Ralph Swift
All Material on this page is Copyright © Ralph Swift 2003 The job proved to be just as boring as I had suspected and the following weeks were spent learning…
BBC TV Film: Television Goes Flying – 1955 video from the BBC at RAF Watton
NB: The video below requires Flash which is increasingly unsupported. If you can not see the video then visti this BBC page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015pv4k On 27th August 1955, the BBC came to Watton…
Peter Long’s brief history of Watton – 1955
Early in the year, Development Squadron’s Varsity aircraft began the task of flight testing a passive monitoring radar receiver which was being developed at Watton. Code named ‘Breton’, this piece…