B-36 Bombers visit England

On January 16, 1951, 6 B-36Ds were flown from Carswell AFB to the United Kingdom. The purpose of the mission was to evaluate the B-36D under simulated war plan conditions. Also, further evaluate the equivalent airspeed and compression tactics for heavy bombardment aircraft; and evaluate select crew capability for bombing unfamiliar targets. The aircraft, staging through Limestone AFB, Maine, would land at RAF Lakenheath, England following a night radar bombing attack on Helgoland, Germany. From there, the bombers would conduct a simulated bomb run on the Houston Bomb Plot, London, finally landing at Lakenheath. Originally, 11 bombers launched out of Carswell on 14 January to Limestone AFB. On 15 January all were set to depart Limestone. Of those, two aborted shortly after takeoff for engine failures, and three more returned to Carswell that .day. The remaining six (1-9BS, 2-436BS, 7BG; and 1-26BS, 1-42BS, 1-98BS, 11BG) landed at RAF Lakenheath on 16 January following the two scheduled bomb runs. This was the first deployment of wing and SAC B-36 aircraft to England and Europe. For the next four days, the flight flew sorties out of England. The aircraft redeployed to the states on 20 January 1951, arriving at Carswell on 21 January.

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• Consolidated
• B-36
• B-36D
• RAF
• Lakenheath

[sloiselle1]

THANK YOU Bomberguy, it's really a treat to be able to see footage like this. I wish very much that there was even one B36 still flying, I'm sure there's no substitute for seeing & hearing it in person.

[godzilla74114]

cause they'd get lost going from end to end.

[videoted41]

These were the most awe inspiring aircraft when I was into aircraft spotting when I was a lad back in the 50s, near Stafford, UK. I can remember their unique sound to this day.

[duvel60]

@MiHiVidz Nice :p to bad thest things aren't in Europe anymore to see :(

[addictedjun]

@stephenwinkler hes MAD LOL

[stephenwinkler]

@addictedjun You do not have enough brains to have an intelligent discussion without the name-calling. How old are you? You are not an adult. Most likely an adolescent and one that needs a good spanking. Where are your parents?

[MiHiVidz]

@stephenwinkler U MAD

[stephenwinkler]

@MiHiVidz Allow me to speculate, that your mother was an idiot, who was too busy with the business of prostitution to teach you proper manners.

[MiHiVidz]

@duvel60 I've been in the cockpit of a B-36 that was next to a B-52. The B-36 is so huge that you could see the TOP of the B-52.

[MiHiVidz]

@stephenwinkler There was a WAR going on when the B-36 was in development u idiot! A lot of aircraft companies were making aircraft of a competitor's design because in many cases the original company couldn't make as many of that airplane as needed within the amount of time.

The goal was to meet the needed national quota to WIN THE WAR.

And FYI, the jet engines of the B-36 are the SAME, nacelles and all, of the Boeing B-47. Explain that.

[stephenwinkler]

@MiHiVidz A lot of the B-36's designs went into the B-32, the competitor of the B-29. Why would Convair help Boeing with her design, when Convair had her own super bomber design? Some people have suggested, that the B-32 was the superior design to the B-29, but came too late into the war to prove itself.