k5083 wrote:
Couple cool shots of a 4-ship Vampire display too, RCAF presumably.
Could be RCAF, could also be RAF. That tickled a memory cell that the RAF had taken several to N America about then;
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On 14 July 1948, six Vampire F.3s of No. 54 Squadron RAF became the first jet aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. They went via Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Keflavik in Iceland, and Goose Bay at Labrador, before going on to Montreal (c. 3,000 mi/4,828 km) to start the RAF’s annual goodwill tour of Canada and the U.S. where they gave formation aerobatic displays.
At the same time, USAF Colonel David C. Schilling led a group of F-80 Shooting Stars flying to Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base in Germany to relieve a unit based there. There were conflicting reports later regarding competition between the RAF and USAF to be the first to fly the Atlantic. One report said the USAF squadron delayed completion of its movement to allow the Vampires to be "the first jets across the Atlantic".[14] Another said that the Vampire pilots celebrated “winning the race against the rival F-80s.”[15]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilla ... hievementsBetter on timing, it could be 410 Squadron RCAF's 'Blue Devils':
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No. 410 Squadron was reactivated on 1 December 1946 as an Air Defence squadron flying de Havilland Vampire F.3 aircraft, and was re-formed from a defence role into that of a fighter role at St Hubert (Montreal), Quebec on 1 December 1948.[3][10] From May 1949 to August 1951, the Blue Devils aerobatics team formed, to demonstrate the abilities of the new Vampire aircraft at formation flying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/410_Tactic ... .80.931964More here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Devil ... ic_team%29I've also checked David Watkins'
de Havilland Vampire, The Complete History, but can't place either team at Boston Logan in any of the listings to hand.
Regards,
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