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Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:28 am

I am strying to find out place/time, but it is quite well possible the photo was taken in the fifties during an ILSY airshow at Ypenburg airbase in Netherlands.

Photo is from the Bart van der Klaauw collection.

Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:45 am

Sir,

Not able to view the photograph any larger than it appears in the post? Any suggestions?

Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:00 pm

Hmmm, works fine for me using a Mac and Firefox

interesting configuration

Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:02 pm

Looks like a KB-50 tanker.
That should put you in a timeframe of use.
Rich

Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:04 pm

Herkules- maybe your firewal or web browser make trouble. Can you see this?

http://www.postimage.org/Pq1tO2GJ-bb0df ... 621290.jpg

Cheers

Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:26 pm

KB-50. The antenna housing on the upper fuselage contained an antenna for ranging on other aircraft. The big pods on the wings housed the refueling hoses with drogue baskets on the ends. A third hose and drogue would be housed in the tail gunners compartment. It refuel three fighters at a time.

Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:53 pm

Not very good pics taken at British airshows 1960.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh2/ ... thB-66.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh2/ ... thorpe.jpg

Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:10 pm

Very good images!