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Soesterberg AB, June 1966. Hunter T.Mk.7 N-302 takes off.
Twenthe AB, August 1963. Hunters Mk.6 N-269 and N-230 on finals.
Soesterberg AB, June 1966. Hunter Mk.6 N-276 is airborne.
Twenthe AB, August 1963. F-86K Sabre, nicknamed "Kaasjager" (Cheese Hunter), on finals.
Welschap (EHEH), August 1964. Republic F-84F Thunderstreak P-158, the Dutch fighter-bomber.
Welschap (EHEH), August 1964. T-33As M-53 and M-54 on dispersal.
Brand new from the Fokker factory on Schiphol-East, one of the first RNLAF F-104Gs, D-8093, is going to land on the "Kaagbaan", flown by a Fokker testpilot. June or July 1963.
Twenthe AB, August 1963. One of the first operational RNLAF F-104G Starfighters D-8090, yet without squadron markings, is seen here in clean configuration. The jet has just returned from a successful flight, hence the dragchute-compartment which is opened.
Grtz,
Dick Hunter
(aka Dick Barendregt)
The story behind these slides is to be found here (in Dutch) and here (in English).
Bitburg, Germany, August 1964. One of the F-105 Thunderchiefs is about to land, while the others provide aircover. The jetblast blew away the sheafs of corn.
Geilenkirchen, Germany, August 1964. This photo is taken from the inside of our shelter. We were just preparing supper, so it took some time to find the camera. The Meteor already passed us.
Seen from the other side, the Thuds didn’t look quite as interesting ...
Bitburg, Germany, August 1964. The base.
Not as beautiful as the first picture of the Thuds, but still impressive.
Luftwaffe Thunderflash EA-311 at Welschap (EHEH), August 1964. This one (which is also the former Belgian FR-31) is nowadays standing near the Oranjekazerne in Schaarsbergen as "Dutch" Thunderflash P-7!
Luftwaffe Thunderflash EA-341 at Welschap (EHEH), August 1964. Photo Dick Barendregt, collection Ragay.
KC-135 Geilenkirchen, Germany, August 1964. Some jets have hardly changed in more than 40 years.
Well, that's all folks. I only have a very small collection, you see ...
So long,
Dick Hunter
(aka Dick Barendregt)
Last edited by Dick Hunter on 08 Dec 2008, 23:11, edited 2 times in total.
Holy ==censored==! Live the Thud pics from Bitburg. I haven't seen too many pics from this very active base from this perspective. There must have been tons of pictures being made here.
