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Tibenham Airshow was another potentially great show spoiled by the weather. I
had been invited to use the Jeep on the flightline as a follow me Jeep for all
the warbirds, but due to the rain and low cloud, most of them cancelled. While
Carolyn Grace managed to get there and display her Spitfire in the rain and
clouds, B-17 'Sally B', the Dakota, and Maurice Hammonds Harvard, Stearman,
and two P-51's were unable to leave their home bases. I was particularly
disappointed at not getting the chance to lead the B-17 in, which would have
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| Those that did manage to get into the air were two Pitts Special teams, a Christen Eagle, a Bucker Bestman, the Yak team and the Turbulent team doing barnstorming, plus the previously mentioned Spitfire. I spent the day watching the show from the Jeep near the flying control truck beside the runway intersection. | |||
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| On the way home, I made a small detour to Thorpe Abbotts, the 100th BG base, and got a few photos around the perimeter track. The last picture shows the field where dispersals numbered 9 to 12 were located. This was part of the the 351st squadron area. Behind them is Thorpe Abbotts Tower. In the wood behind the Jeep was the Emergency Control Bunker, which is still there. | |||
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