Incorporating USAAF WWII Memorial Flight

Issue 51 J Winter/Spring 2013/14

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Donate £395 (non-members £460) or more to helpkeep Sally B flying and have a name of your choiceadded to the prestigious Roll of Honour on theoutside of Sally B’s fuselage for one whole year, ANDspend a special VIP day with our B-17 at Duxford onSUNDAY 17th AUGUST 2014.

We will recognise your generous support by:

• adding your chosen name to the Roll of Honourfor one whole year

• inviting YOU AND ONE GUEST to join us for thisspecial day at Duxford when your chosen namewill be unveiled and you will have …

• the chance to see Sally B fly especially for you!

• a buffet lunch in the company of Sally B’soperator, pilots and team leaders, withrefreshments available throughout the day –PLUS talks on Sally B by her operator and crew

• exclusive use throughout the day of the AirSideSuite in the superb “AirSpace”, with Sally Bparked on the tarmac right outside. We will also…

• enter your name into a draw for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to be trained as a crew member,including an orientation flight in Sally B* AND enteryour name into a draw for a taxi ride in Sally BPLUS present you with a Certificate in recognitionof your Roll of Honour participation

This is truly a day to be remembered and, most importantly,as a Roll of Honour participant you will be playing a vitalpart in helping to ensure the future of Sally B.

For more details telephone (01638) 721304 or e-mailb-17preservation@btconnect.com

Send your donation to: The B-17 Charitable Trust,PO Box 92, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 8RR, onlinevia www.sallyb.org.uk ‘Have your name on Sally B’.

* Participants must be 18 or over

Chris RileyPaul Saunders

Sally B News is published by B-17 Preservation and is circulatedamong the Supporters Club membership, sponsors, patrons and otherinterested parties. It is also the voice of the B-17 Charitable Trust,Registered Charity 1079007. Contributions to Sally B News, i.e. letters,articles, photographs etc, are always welcome.Please write to Editor Elly Sallingboe at B-17 Preservation,P O Box 92, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 8RR. Tel: (01638) 721304.E-mail: b-17preservation@btconnect.com

Website: www.sallyb.org.uk

TED WHITE – FOUNDER OF B-17 PRESERVATION

Operator & Administrator Elly Sallingboe

Chief Engineer Peter Brown

PilotsTraining Captain Andrew DixonTraining Captain Roger MillsCaptain & B-17 Liaison Peter KuypersPilot Daryl TaplinPilot Bill Tollett

Sally B Volunteer Support Team Leaders Engineering Supervisor Mike StapleyDeputy Engineering Supervisor Steve CarterSales Team Leader Derek Smith Deputy Sales Team Leader John OwenWalk Through Team Leader Andy Jackson

Honorary Team Member Bertie Ashby

Cover Photo: Lest we forget. Made by Chris Duddington

Editor Elly Sallingboe

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Sally B is supported by its own registered charity, The B-17Charitable Trust. Trustees of the B-17 Charitable Trust:Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison (Patron), Elly Sallingboe(Chairman), Edward Inman OBE, Laurence G Chandler, Derek Smith

Dear FriendsOn 23rd October, just ONE day before the storm hit

the UK, Sally B was tucked up nice and warm in HangarT2 North ready for Chief Engineer Peter Brown and histeam to begin her winter maintenance programme. It’s abusy time ahead for the boys with yet another extensiveschedule of work.

Free entry to Duxford and guided tours of Sally B arehuge exclusive ‘perks’ for members and I am delightedthat so many of you have been able to visit and enjoythese very special privileges. You can still visit Sally Bover the winter, but only on the first Sunday of eachmonth, when two team members will be in Hangar T2to escort you in or around Sally B from 1100-1500.Regrettably, for health and safety reasons we cannotallow more access than this, and sometimes even thiswill be dependent on the work being done. Please alsonote that, once again for safety reasons, children willnot be allowed near the aircraft during wintermaintenance. But you can, of course, still visit on anyday throughout the winter (and enjoy your free visit),as long as you say hello to Sally B from the gangway!

Sally B’s last flight of her 38th display season was atDuxford’s Autumn Air Show on 13th October. Comparedto last year’s Olympic Games-restricted and washedout season with only 11 hours of flying, this year’s wasa highly successful one and Sally B never let us down.We flew 32 hours, did 25 displays plus 17 memorialflights – two in France and one in Northern Ireland. Wemissed only two shows because of weather – not badconsidering our B-17 can only be flown in good weatherconditions. All in all it was a near perfect season ofmoving tributes and brilliant displays.

I am extremely pleased to announce that thanks to avery successful flying season, plus the never failingsupport of my loyal team and you our wonderfulmembers – and because of the generous help wereceived from the numerous individuals andorganisations mentioned in the “Thank You” sectionelsewhere in this magazine – we will make it to Sally B’s39th display season.Thank you all for making this possible.

For your information the 2014 Roll of Honourunveiling will take place on Sunday 17th August and thedisplay dates for IWM Duxford are: D-Day AnniversaryAir Show – Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May, FlyingLegends – Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th July and theDuxford Air Show – Saturday 13th & Sunday 14thSeptember. We anticipate that Sally B will be flying at allthese events, but please do visit our website nearer thetime for full information on this and all other venues forour aircraft.

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Issue 51 J CONTENTS J

A record-breaking season p 4Dublin FlightFest p 7Sally B’s Trip to France p 10Roll of Honour unveiling p 13Flying Sally B p 14Chief Engineer’s Report p 15Your letters p 16Our Thanks and List of Donors p 18

It began at Duxford on 26th May whenwe celebrated the 70th Anniversary ofthe 78th Fighter Group arriving atDuxford in 1943, flying a uniqueformation with the “ Eagle Squadron”, anewly formed historic four-ship displaycomprising a Mark I Spitfire, HawkerHurricane, P-47 Razorback Thunderboltand P-51 Mustang “Princess Elizabeth”.

The same unique formation wouldcarry out a historic memorial flight over aselection of Second World War USAAFBomber and Fighter bases across EastAnglia the following day, Bank HolidayMonday (Memorial Day in the USA).

How proud we were to pay our tributeat these carefully chosen bases in EastAnglia: Bassingbourn, MadingleyAmerican Military Cemetery, RAFMildenhall, Bodney, Snetterton Heath,Knettishall, Horham, Thorpe Abbotts,Halesworth, Leiston, MartleshamHeath, and finishing where we began –at Duxford.

Captain Peter Kuypers, at the controlsof Sally B for this very special weekend,recounts… “As I took the formationstraight over the white crosses Imarvelled at what we had just done.Flying over Madingley, honouring themany, in such awe-inspiring company –it was almost certainly a once in alifetime experience, not to mention agreat honour”.

A moving tribute Taking part in this exceptional flypastwas one of the most significant historicalflights we have ever undertaken and itwas a moving tribute to the young airmenand women who gave their lives for ourfreedom. It was and is what Sally B is allabout! Thanks to IWM Duxford and theEagle Squadron for making it possibleand to Paul Bonhomme for putting it alltogether and doing all the paperwork!

A few days later we were due to fly tothe Czech Republic to take part in the

Pardubice Aviation Fair on 1st and 2ndJune, but the weather dictated otherwiseand we had to cancel the trip. We werevery disappointed as a lot of planning andexpense had gone into organising thisflight and we knew a lot of people wouldfeel let down, but there was nothing wecould do. It was later recorded as beingthe worst June weather in living memory:people were killed and Prague declareda state of emergency.

2013 was the season of memorial flights. Operating Sally B as a Flying Memorial to the79,000 Allied airmen who lost their lives in Europe during WWII, it has always been myaim to fly for as many memorials and commemorative events as possible to pay ourtribute to the memory of the many fallen whenever and wherever possible. For thesereasons this summer was a very special one indeed. We did an amazing total ofSEVENTEEN memorial flights, including an extremely poignant flight over OmahaBeach in Normandy.

It was almostcertainly a oncein a lifetimeexperience, notto mention agreat honour

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A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON OF

memorial f lights

By B-17 Operator Elly Sallingboe

Captain Peter Kuypers shows the map of theFlypast over East Anglia to the audience in theauditorium on the 18th of August

Madingley flyby

Dominic Ivaldi

Jarrod Cotter

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One day’s filming at Duxford So there we were, stuck at Duxford witha B-17 full of fuel and ready to fly and acrew raring to go. It was Friday 31st Mayand it so happened that on this day therewas some filming going on at Duxfordfor a major Second World War drama“The Monuments Men” starring GeorgeClooney and Matt Damon, and for whichmy good friend Mike Woodley wasaviation coordinator. Mike had contactedme a few weeks previously about thepossibility of using Sally B for this filming,but as we were committed to the flight toPardubice, I had to say no.

Now at Duxford after all, we couldtake advantage of the last day’s filmingand earn a few £££ for our aircraft!Sally B was quickly parked up as a propfor the shoot. As we watched Duxfordbeing transformed and swept back intime to a total WWII airfield we ponderedjust how it came to be that instead ofbeing wined and dined in Pardubice wewere still at Duxford, but now part of themaking of a major movie!

On the Saturday we paid a visit toSywell in the hope of tying down a muchworked on and greatly needed fuelsponsorship. Everyone was delighted tosee Sally B there, but unfortunately thedemands that would be placed on Sally B in return for the fuel we had sohoped for were too high – so we had todecline!

The season continued...June continued with a display at RAFCosford and Manston and then it was onto a long awaited flight to France wherewe had been invited to take part in amemorial dedication for a B-17 shotdown off the beach at L’Île deNoirmoutier during the SecondWorld War. It all wentsplendidly; we hadbrilliant weatherand receivedan outstandingwelcome! Youcan read muchmore about thisin SteveCarter’s writeup on this tripelsewhere in thismagazine.

July was as always timefor the Flying Legends air show atDuxford followed by East Kirkby and theRoyal International Air Tattoo at Fairford.Then a display at Cleethorpes inLincolnshire and in early August werevisited Damyns Hall, whereunfortunately the weather turned bad onthe Saturday, so we had to miss the firstday of this lovely two-day Essex show.

At the end of August we flew toBournemouth, our home for the next fewdays as we cannot land at Shoreham(the runway is too short for Sally B).

The size of the crowd at Bournemouthalways amazes me: it’s huge – lovelyplace with some superb flying. Shorehamis always one of my favourite air shows.We used to have others like it such as ourown Great Warbirds Air Display at West

Malling, Fighter Meet at North Wealdand Biggin Hill; now

Shoreham is the onlyone left of its kind.

Here Sally Bdisplayed withthe Dutch B-25

in a historical8th Air Forcescenario, justperfect.

The size of the crowd atBournemouth alwaysamazes me: it’s huge –lovely place with somesuperb flying

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It was a moving tribute to the young airmen and womenwho gave their lives for our freedom. It was and is whatSally B is all about!“

Filming of The Monuments Men with George Clooney and Matt Damon

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”The huge crowdat Bournemouth

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Phil Whalley

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This took us into September, whichturned out to be incredibly busy with themain Duxford air show on the 7th and8th, and also Cosby on the Saturday andSeething on the Sunday. It was adelightful weekend.

Memorial atLisnabreeny On the way to Dublin forFlightFest 2013 (see write upelsewhere) we paid tributeat a USAAF memorial atLisnabreeny in theBorough ofCastlereagh nearBelfast where, duringWWII, the American forces setup a temporary cemetery. The localcouncil had been working for some tenyears to bring about a fitting memorial onthe site. They eventually secured fundingand the memorial was now completedlisting all 148 names and ranks of thosewho were buried at Lisnabreeny. Theofficial opening and dedication ceremonywas on 14th September, which sohappened to be the day we were flying toIreland, a lucky break. Another memorialflypast for our aircraft and as we left thebeautiful site on the Castlereagh hills wethought about the young men buriedthere.

Back in the UK, we returned to SywellAerodrome on 21st September, this timeto fly for the Jack and Ada BeattieFoundation Annual Gala “D-Day 70:A Final Salute” to raise funds to helpreturn our D-Day veterans to the fabledBeaches of Normandy for the final,formal commemoration of D-Day in2014.

The season ended in October atDuxford’s Autumn Air Display and tendays later our B-17 was out of theelements and under cover for anotherwinter’s maintenance.

Thanks to the following companies andindividuals for their invaluable help and

support in 2013Richard Ashton and staff of the

IWM DuxfordAlgar Signcraft Services (Cambridge)

Bella Services B.V.B.A.Peter and Paul of Borley Brothers

Engineering, Teversham.Cambridge MarketingMarshall P CloydSteve Fagan

Richard Flack and Marshall Van Centre Simon HowellKearsley AirwaysWim Van Malcot

Marshalls Cambridge AirportMembers of the Sally B Supporters Club

James Thompsett Andrew Tomlin of Meridian Lift

THANK YOU

Prop Vapour – Autumn Show Duxford

A hugely successful seasonYes, the 2013 season was a greatsuccess.

The weather behaved most of the timeand Sally B behaved all of the time! This,with an increased number of venues andtherefore flying hours, together with yourextraordinary continued support, meansthat we can survive the winter and plan fora 39th season’s flying – now that’s what Icall a hugely successful season! Thankyou all for making it possible.

We will make it to Sally B ’s39th seasonAnd, just remember, we, and that meansyou, me and my team, have kept Sally Bflying now for 38 years – 38 YEARS – byany standards an absolutely unbelievableoutstanding success story, especially whenyou consider that this is about a fourengined bomber that does not and neverhas received any official supportwhatsoever. So, give yourselves a greatbig pat on the back for your help in thisincredible success story. But, we do notwant to stop here do we? We want to keepSally B flying next year and beyond tocelebrate not only her 70th birthday, but

also the 70th anniversaries of VE Day andthe end of the war, coming up in 2015.With your continued help we can make it,but we MUST raise more funds to do so;yet I know that with the passion of teamSally B and total dedication of you, ourmembers, we will make it to Sally B’s39th season of flying. But we cannot do itwithout you.

Sally B with the B-25 at Shoreham Phil Whalley

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Months of planning went into this and Imust say I cannot recall ever having todo so much paperwork for one single

event – but it was all done with thewonderful Irish humour and friendlinessand it was worth it!

During the weeks running up to theevent, Sally B featured on most of thepublicity material: one in particularcleverly had Sally B in the central imageheld by a young boy. This clearly placedour B-17 as the star of the show,recognising the importance of thisaircraft as part of our heritage andhistory and its vital role in the SecondWorld War.

We arrive at BaldonnelWe set off on Saturday 12th. The crewwith me were Captain Peter Kuypers,

Daryl Taplin, Mike Stapley and JeffLawton. On the way to Ireland, we paidtribute at a USAAF memorial atLisnabreeny in the Borough ofCastlereagh near Belfast, and arrived toa very warm welcome at BaldonnelCasement Airport, HQ of the Irish AirCorps.

September 15th dawned, and we weretold around 150,000 people had gatheredon the banks of the Liffey to watch aremarkable flypast of around 35 aircraftwith our Sally B, the undoubted star ofthe procession, accompanied by aircraftranging from historic aircraft to hugeairliners. Unfortunately, the weather wasabsolutely dreadful with very strongwinds, but we were assured that bymidday the bad weather wouldmiraculously disappear. And it did –apart, that is, from the wind!

Sally B landing at Baldonnel

Lukasz Gancarz

Dublin’s FlightFest

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September of this year saw the biggest ever flypast in the history ofIrish aviation, “FlightFest 2013”, and we were delighted when organisersthe Irish Civil Aviation Authority invited Sally B to participate. The eventtook place on 15th September and was a spectacular aerial displaycomprising a stream of airliners, vintage aircraft and our Sally B, all justa few minutes apart, flying the course of the River Liffey straightthrough Dublin.

This clearly placedour B-17 as the star ofthe show, recognisingthe importance of thisaircraft as part of ourheritage and historyand its vital role in theSecond World War

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By Elly Sallingboe with Peter Kuypers

Peter Kuypers recountsthe flight“Sunday morning brought rain and galeforce winds, so it seemed unlikely thatwe would fly. However, as the timeapproached for us to get Sally B readyfor the flight over Dublin the rain relentedand the sun broke through, though thewind remained very strong. At BaldonnelAerodrome we were parked behind ahangar which offered some protectionfrom the wind. The Duxford-basedCatalina parked next to us was first tostart engines and taxi out, with usfollowing it onto the runway. Once awayfrom the hangar, the full force of the windhit us and I had to use a lot of enginepower on one side to keep the aircraft

Only during the second pass did I havetime to look below and see the largecrowds along the river banks of the city.Then, what seemed much too soon, itwas time to return to Baldonnel wherethe wind was thankfully still straightdown the runway! Soon, Sally B wassafely parked up again. Dublin’sFlightFest was a unique event and I amdelighted that we were a part of it.”

FlightFest was an outstandingsuccess and we enjoyed every minuteof it. Despite the weather – with almosthurricane force winds – it all cametogether on the day. Our thanks go toour wonderful new-found friends inIreland with a very special thank you toDonal Handley and Peter Kearney,whose wonderful Irish spirit made theimpossible possible...

Peter Kuypers continues...“Coming back from Ireland we had areally good tail wind, and over the IrishSea our ground speed was more than200 knots, a first for me. The flight wasuneventful until south east of Leicesterour flight engineer Steve Carter cameon the interphone and announced“Look, there’s Mark!” which made melook behind us. Indeed, out of nowhere,Mark Linney was approaching us slowlyfrom behind in the F-86A Sabre jet,trailing smoke as these old jet enginesalways do. We could see that Mark hadhis speed brakes out and his flaps downtrying to slow down to our speed. Itlooked unlikely that he could fly as slowas a B-17 but nevertheless I waggledSally B’s wings, which is a signal to“Come on and join us in a formation”and in the meantime added enginepower to increase our own speed.I was amazed when, seconds later,

the F-86A was tucked under our rightwing and holding position. Elly, who wasdown the back of the aircraft, called out“Look who’s there”; (yes, Elly, we didsee Mark!). Amazing to do a formationwith a slow Second World War fourengine bomber and a Vietnam War-eraswept wing fast jet and it worked! It wasprobably a first ever. Mark switchedsides to enable us to take some picturesbut all too soon he had to break awayand continue on to Duxford where wewould meet him after landing. It was afantastic ending to a very specialweekend.”

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taxiing straight. Luckily the wind wasright down the runway or we would havebeen grounded. We got airborne after ashort run due to the wind. Ahead of uswe could see the Catalina which wewere following towards the Irish Sea,from where we would start our run overthe Liffey. Climbing to our holdingaltitude of 2000ft we could see thewaves and white foam spray caused bythe wind, and I needed constant flightcontrol inputs to keep straight.Air traffic control promptly cleared us

to descend for the flypast, and wefollowed the Catalina inbound overDublin. Approaching the city theturbulence increased once more and thepriority was firmly on keeping straight.

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Up the River Liffey

Sally B Crew relaxes after a good day’s work

Phil Whalley

Peter Kuypers and Daryl taxi out for theflight to Dublin

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From early morning, there werefears it was to be more ‘FlightQuest’ than FlightFest as treesblew anti-clockwise amid strongblustering winds.

Empty crisp packets swirled and

swooped along the streets of Dublin

and conditions hardly seemedappropriate for the biggest fly-past in

the history of Irish aviation, with 35

various aircraft coming in low over the

River Liffey.The almost ludicrously dramatic

sight of a dive-bombing umbrella

sleeve plummeting to the ground on

Excise Walk seemed to settle it.“Cancelled, it’s sure to be

cancelled,” gloomy would-beonlookers agreed with one another as

they took position along the riverbank

just in case, raingear billowing out like

miniature hot air balloons.But organisers stood firm. They

had been promised an iron-clad

forecast from the Irish AviationAuthority that there was to be “one

more shower” before the scheduled

start of 2pm and that the skies would

then miraculously clear. Sure enough,

they were right – though it was still

windy enough to give somespectators food for thought as they

wondered whether that shuddering

Air Corps helicopter was actually in

the process of being seized by the

wind or merely conducting a special

trick for the watching crowds.Organisers had hoped 100,000

would come out to watch this historic

event put together as a sort of end-of-

summer spectacle for The Gathering

initiative – but it was more successful

than they could have hoped for, with

at least 130,000 turning out to gaze

sky-ward.“Thank God for the rain,” said one

garda along the south quays, where

the crowds had swelled to a degree

that was just about manageable.On the ground, most people

seemed to converge at the Customs

House and at the approach to the

Samuel Beckett Bridge, which had

been closed off for the event,although almost any corner of the city

made a nice back-drop for theunusual sight of the world’s largest

super jet curling low – or a rare World

War II B-17 bomber with simulated

smoke billowing from its engines.

A pair of R-V7s two-seaters and a

familiar Aer Lingus Airbus A330

started the show as they swept in

from the mouth of the Liffey.And though coming in much lower

than norm at 800 feet, it seemed a

little disappointing that they were not

somehow closer – until youremembered those all important

safety concerns.There were oohs and aahs from

the crowd at the sight of the Sally B

Flying Fortress, sweepingmajestically in from the bay. The

World War II American bomber was

one of the five B-17s used in the film

Memphis Belle. The final piece de

resistance in the spectacular line-up

was the world’s largest Super jumbo

jet, the British Airways A380, normally

used for long-haul flights, which

arrived from Heathrow for amomentary appearance.

Lord Mayor of Dublin, Oisin Quinn

said the spectacular would beremembered for many years.

By Nicola Anderson and reproduced with kind permission of The Irish Independent wh

ere it appeared on the

16 September 2013

Thousands watch as air spectacularpasses with flying colours

Mark Linney in the F-86A salutes tuckedunder the wing of Sally B

A first ever! Mark Linney on the wing of Sally BStev

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Steve Carter

FlightFest wasan outstandingsuccess and weenjoyed everyminute of it

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Sally B ’s Trip to France

As there is no airfield at Noirmoutier, wewould have to operate out of Saint-Nazaire (some 50 miles further down theAtlantic coast) – home of one of thebiggest Airbus factories and highlysignificant in the annals of B-17 combathistory as I’ll explain a little further along.The trip would consist of two elements:first, we would be flying to St-Nazairewhere the organisers of the flypast atNoirmoutier had arranged for Sally B toland and join the static display of vintageaircraft for the 90th anniversary ‘opendoors’ weekend celebration. In return, wecould operate out of there for the displayover the beach at Noirmoutier.

Arriving at St-Nazaire Thursday 27th June brought goodweather and the crew, consisting of EllySallingboe, Peter Kuypers, Bill Tollett, JeffLawton and myself, prepared the B-17 forflight. Soon we were ready to set off for

Martineau. We parked and cleaned theaircraft prior to heading off to a hotel innearby Trignac which was to be our homefor the next two nights.

On Friday we were not required at thefactory until late afternoon when we wouldmove the aeroplane into its static displayposition so we decided to explore themain focus of so many wartime combatactivities: the vast complex of U-boatpens and docks of St-Nazaire. Up closethey were even more substantial andimposing than we had anticipated, beingsome 1000ft long by 450ft deep and 60fthigh; as for the thickness of the reinforcedconcrete, it was no wonder that they wereimpenetrable to the barrage of air raidsthat they were subjected to, particularly bythe Americans in their B-17s and B-24s.The United States Army Air Force’s 8th AirForce Bomber Command ‘cut its teeth’ bycarrying out most of its early bombingcampaign in Europe over many of thestrategic targets along the west coast ofFrance – including the St-Nazaire area

and its U-boat pens.

this special trip to France, during whichour route took us over such places asBovingdon, Blackbushe and Portsmouth,continuing over the Isle of Wight andacross the English Channel to Normandywhere we would cross the French coastdirectly over Cherbourg. We flew over thecoast in beautiful sunshine at about7000ft which provided a clear view ofUtah Beach, with the fateful OmahaBeach in the far distance, and I couldn’thelp but think of the dramatic events thattook place there almost 70 years ago.Very shortly afterwards Sainte-Mère-Église, where Paratroops of the US 82ndAirborne Division landed in the middle oftotal chaos, came into view. Then therewas the famous outline of the Mont Saint-Michel monastery, and finally we couldsee the bridge across the Loire fromSt-Nazaire to Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins. Onlanding at St-Nazaire we taxied up andreceived a very warm greeting by a largecrowd eagerly awaiting our arrival outsidethe Airbus factory, including our maincontacts Jean-Paul Limagne and Bernard

At the start of the display season Elly informed me that we had been invited to takepart in a memorial dedication for a B-17 that had been shot down and crashed offthe beach at L’Île de Noirmoutier during the Second World War. This seemed theperfect opportunity to pay our own special tribute so, on 27th June, we were off toFrance for five days!

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A warm welcomein St-Nazaire.Steve Cartersecond from rightwith our host andthe crew of Sally B

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“Operation Chariot”. The site also comprises a massivecovered lock area that now houses an oldFrench submarine named “Espadon”(meaning “swordfish”) which is now amuseum. The main entrance to the basinitself was famously attacked in a daringraid by the Royal Navy and BritishCommandos known as “OperationChariot”. The destroyer HMSCampbeltown along with its crew of 350plus approximately 265 Commandosrammed into the main basin entrancegate. The operation cost many lives, butput the docks out of use right up until theend of the war.

Open Day at the Airbus factoryOn Saturday morning we headed back tothe factory where many people werevisiting the site on open day, and ofcourse, they all wanted to know aboutSally B! We took turns to man the post,allowing each of us an opportunity to lookaround the factory complex. There weredozens of Airbus aircraft under

construction from the complete rangethat they build: A320s, A330s, A340s,the new A350s and A400 militarytransports, and finally the gargantuanA380 superjumbo. I would never haveimagined that so many aircraft, let aloneso many different types, could be built inone place. It is very impressive. The dayalso included a special visit from therelatives of the B-17 crew who ditchedin the sea off the beach at Noirmoutierand it was a great honour for us to beable to show them a live B-17 up close.It certainly brought a lump to the throat.

That evening we headed down thecoast road to Noirmoutier, our home forthe next two nights. We stayed in afantastic hotel Du General d'Elbee rightnext to a French chateau in thisbeautiful little town. There was a lot ofhustle and bustle outside thanks to ahuge gathering of vintage militaryvehicles and cars. It was an amazingsight, and all in aid of the next day’smemorial events. Later on we wereinvited to a French home where BernardOrliac and his family along with theirfriends and the event organisers hadlaid on a delicious meal for us. It reallywas a great evening in most hospitablecompany.

The B-17 crew all survivedthe crashThe next morning was beautiful: so muchso that Peter Kuypers and I made earlyuse of the hotel’s outdoor swimming pool.It looked fantastic, and while it did seemrather cold at first, that didn’t stop us. Afterthis we set off for the beach where theday’s memorial celebrations were to takeplace. At the beach we had pointed out tous the marker buoy in the bay thatindicates the location of the wreck of B-1742-29967 that had been shot down andditched on the 4th July 1943. The ten man8th Air Force crew from the 92nd BombGroup comprised Pilot J J Campbell,Co-pilot H V Stephenson, Bombardier B AKilgrow Jr, Navigator B P Hereford Jr, TopTurret R H Hetrick, Radio C D Chenoweth,Ball Turret R K Rasdall, Left Waist L MArlington, Right Waist J M Guymon Sr andTail Gunner H L Burton. All survived thecrash, only to be picked up by theoccupying German forces and takenprisoner before the local French resistancehad a chance to intercept them.

We had lunch with the relatives of theB-17 crew whom we had met the previousday; it was a really special occasion for allof us involved with Sally B. Afterwards wewalked along the beach that was packedwith re-enactors, other visitors and all thevehicles we had seen the previousevening.

Flypast at L’Île de NoirmoutierSoon it was time to head back toSt-Nazaire to prepare the aeroplane forour display at Noirmoutier. Our flight southwas in lovely weather and on arriving overthe beach we commenced our display. Itfelt like a very personal occasion for us alland it was a great privilege to be a part ofit. During the display, we could see theB-17 wreck in the bay which made it evenmore poignant. Following our final flypastwith smoke on Nos 1 & 2 engines we setour course back towards St-Nazaire.En-route we did an orbit over Noirmoutiertown where Elly had decided to remain forthe day whilst we flew. She was extremelyhappy and emotional when she saw usoverhead before we continued back tobase. Later Elly said to us “Did you seeme waving at you?” but alas we did not,

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Massed vintage vehicles inNoirmoutier with the stunningChateau behind

Airbus Beluga taxies in to load up

Fears regarding water in the fuelseem to be well founded

although it did allow us all to chuckle alittle. We quickly parked and put theaircraft to bed, for we had a 50-mile driveback to Noirmoutier.

That is what Sally B is all aboutWe arrived back at the hotel and thenwalked through the town to the civiccentre hall where we had been invited fordinner. As we walked along, still in ourflying suits, we were greeted to generousapplause from the locals at the variouscafés on the way. This was something wehad never experienced before and was avery pleasant surprise. Arriving in themain hall we were surprised to see some200 people who suddenly broke out into arapturous applause. We were absolutelydumbfounded by this humbling butpleasant experience. During the course ofthe evening, we took the opportunity tospeak to as many of the locals as wecould including an elderly French ladywho, as a young girl, had watched theB-17 come down in the sea. It waswonderful to hear so many people thankus for making it such a special andmemorable day for all of them. It isexactly this kind of occasion that Sally Bis all about and makes being part of theSally B family so worthwhile and such aprivilege.

A personal Sally B tribute atOmaha BeachOur final morning arrived with sunshineand blue skies. Back at Airbus, weprepared the aircraft, said our goodbyesto our excellent hosts and departed theSt-Nazaire runway for the last time. Onceairborne we had one little ‘extra’ task tocarry out. Having visited the U-boat pensthree days earlier and their being so closeto the airfield where we were based, itseemed too good an opportunity to miss.So without further ado, albeit some 70years later on, a B-17 conducted one final‘bombing run’ directly over the massive

U-boat pens. Fortunately, we were notbeing shot at and dropped no bombs.Having completed the run, we still did nothead home quite yet, as we had to flyacross to the airport at Nantes to refuel.Elly and Peter wanted us to carry out onemore important memorial flypast, but notone that had been requested. As Sally Brepresents a flying memorial to the 79,000airmen that paid the ultimate price so thatwe can all enjoy the freedom we havetoday, they decided that we would fly overthe American Military Cemetery at OmahaBeach. This was a fantastic idea and sowe made one pass, pretty wellunannounced, straight over the top of theCemetery. A fitting, personal Sally Btribute to all those interred there. I wouldjust love to have seen some of thevisitors’ faces as we went over! Havingflown over Madingley many times inSally B, to fly over Omaha Cemetery wasa special first for me. So, after arewarding few days, finally we werehomeward bound. The flight was withoutincident and we landed safely back atDuxford late in the afternoon, missionaccomplished.

A big thank you to Elly for making thishappen and a thank you to Elly, Peter, Billand Jeff for helping make this amemorable trip.

Relatives of the B-17 that ditched atNoirmoutier

Farewell to our host at the lovely hotelDu General d’Elbee in Noirmoutier

The Noirmoutier beach with many people attending the memorial

The English coast, a sight that must have been very welcome for many returning crews

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The 2013 Roll of Honour

The great day started warm and breezy, with some sunshine breaking through low, grey cloud, as Roll of Honour participantsand their guests began to arrive at Duxford’s AirSpace conference centre. Team members Jo Redfarn and Danni Keeblewelcomed guests as they arrived and tea and coffee were being served upstairs in the Airside Suite with its panoramic view ofthe airfield. Star of the show Sally B was parked close by, open for viewing for most of the day (but only for our VIP guests!)and ready for the new Roll of Honour to be unveiled.

At 11 o’clock we all gathered in the state of the artlecture theatre, where Elly Sallingboe welcomedeveryone and thanked all Roll of Honour guests fortheir support. We then enjoyed a short talk by TrainingCaptain Andrew Dixon about his 20 years flyingSally B (see page 14) then Captain Peter Kuypersand Pilot Daryl Taplin on their memorial flypast overEast Anglia with the Eagle Squadron, followed by “BigChief” – Chief Engineer Peter Brown on the importantsubject of maintenance. These talks were highlyinformative and not short on humour. It was such aprivilege to get a real insight into the nuances of flyinga B-17, the reality of planning and executing acomplicated flypast and, of course, how much work isinvolved in keeping this amazing aircraft flying.

Somehow they managed to fit all this into an hour,and then it was off to Sally B for the grand unveiling.Sales Team Leader Derek Smith unveiled the plaque,then all those with names on the aircraft gathered forthe official photographs

At lunchtime, Chef Glyn and his team once againserved a sumptuous and delicious buffet lunch andeach table was hosted by a pilot, team leader or teammember. Elly made the grand draw for one luckyparticipant to be trained as a crew member. PaulEdwards was the winner and his face was a picturewhen he heard his name read out. A little later I askedhim how he had felt at that moment. “Shocked anddelighted” came his reply. It was a joy to see howhappy he was! Bertrand Martineau won second prizeof a taxi ride in Sally B – but Elly had another surprisein store, upgrading his prize to be trained as a crewmember.

Later that afternoon, when Sally B flew just for us,the weather had changed for the better; the sun wasbeating down and those brooding grey clouds hadturned to white on a beautiful blue background. Veryfitting for this grand old lady of the skies. It had been afantastic day.

By Colette Byatt

The 2013 Roll of Honour participants

Dominic Ivaldi

First of all, I have to say that flying the B-17 is an honour and a privilege. I was fortunate enough to be asked tojoin the team some 20 years ago, coming from a background of flying DC3s and DC6s. I was used to big heavyaeroplanes with tail wheels like the DC3 and with four engines like the DC6 and all of a sudden you have tocombine the two!

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Fortunately, at the timeSally B had a very experienced pilot andinstructor, Keith Sissons, who asked meto come along as an observer to theYorkshire Air Museum at Elvington for theweekend to find out what it was all about.After the display was over I got throwninto the right hand seat – you always startin the right hand seat, whatever else youfly. I found the B-17 a wonderfulaeroplane; what would you expect? A nicehot day, and a very experienced pilot withan aeroplane that’s in tip top condition.Plus we’re not 19-year-olds who have justlearned to fly, and we’re not being shot at!

It has no nasty vicesLike the DC3 and the Spitfire, the B-17has no nasty vices and doesn’t try tocatch you out and bite you. It is a typical1930s design, one in which the youngpilots flying in the 40s managed tosurvive. The issue a modern aviator facesis that the third wheel is at the back. Ithink that after the Wright Brotherssomebody decided they had to design anaeroplane with the nose pointing up intothe air, so when you put the power on andwent down the runway it pointed upwards,allowing you to take off! Therefore, thethird wheel was put at the back. Theproblem with this is that on a tail wheelaeroplane the centre of gravity is behindthe main gear. This means that if theaeroplane starts to deviate from a straightline when it’s going down the runway, the

centre of gravity is goingto make it continue todeviate. It’s probably not

such a problem insomething like a

Tiger Moth ora Piper Cub

as they

The B-17 the first fly-by-wireaeroplaneSo when I first had a go at flying Sally B in1986 it was great; it was lovely – but itwas heavy. The B-17 was in fact the firstfly-by-wire aeroplane. The system wasdevised to operate the autopilot through alittle side stick down by the pilot’s seat.That’s how they managed to fly information for nine to ten hours at a time.Anybody who’s flown the B-17 knows that

are fairly light, but get close to 42,000pounds of aeroplane and it startsdeviating from a straight line, it’s going tokeep deviating and it’s going to need afirm hand to stop it.

The early B-17s had a small fin, butthankfully on the later models like Sally B,Boeing decided to put a great big fin onthe back, causing these aircraft to bereferred to by the Americans as a “big-assed bird”. The main advantage of a bigfin is that you have a nice big tail rudderwhich helps you keep the aeroplane in astraight line. The other thing we have is ofcourse four engines; here you use theoutboard engines to help keep theaeroplane going in a straight line. That’show we work. It’s very much a multi-crewaeroplane. Fortunately Boeing came upwith the ingenious three bar gate throttlesystem so it’s really easy for one guy tooperate one set of throttles and for theother guy to operate the other set.

Extracts from Training CaptainAndrew Dixon’s presentation onflying Sally B, Airspace Auditorium,Sunday 18 August 2013Compiled by Colette Byatt

Flying Sally B

it’s so heavy you would never, ever beable to fly it manually in formation for nineto ten hours. The autopilot on Sally Bprobably stopped working in the 1950s sowe don’t have fly-by-wire; we have to useour heads and hands instead.

The elevator response is heavy butfirm. The other great thing about the B-17in comparison to the DC3 is that you cansee out of the cockpit. When we displaythe DC3 at low level we lose sight of theairfield and the crowd line. The B-17 hasthose great big windows that go all theway back and we can see what’s goingon, which makes life easy.

The B-17 has big radial engines whichhave to be treated very carefully anddifferently from a modern flat cylinderengine. It is possible to destroy them inforty five seconds by mishandling!

Landing is relatively simpleYou’ll see that we always land Sally B onthe main wheels – we never three point.Three pointing is something you do withlight aircraft with tail wheels. With a B-17you would lose a lot of the air flow overthe rudder. We put it down on the mainwheels, get it straightened up, settleddown and only then do we bring the taildown. But cross winds are a problem.That big tail is useful for keeping theaeroplane straight on a normal take-offbut also for getting blown around in acrosswind, so we have to avoidcrosswinds. Airfields in the 1930s werebig fields so there was no crosswind butnow we have these straight things calledrunways and we do have crosswindproblems. Interestingly enough, comparedto most aircraft the B-17 has more issueswith crosswinds on take-off and I’ve neverunderstood why that is the case.

The B-17 is a lovely aeroplane. I havegreat fun flying it and hope we cancontinue to fly it for as long as possible.It’s great for us, it’s wonderful for thepeople on the ground to see and it is aflying memorial to those brave lads whoflew it under very different circumstancesthan we do today.

Talks for members in the Auditorium

Andrew Dixonspeaking to Roll ofHonour participantin Auditorium18 August 2013

Peter Green

Smoke on for Members

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We took Sally B into the hangar on the23rd October. This time she went inrelatively easily because we used adifferent system to get her in; it’s never toolate to learn, as they say. I was relieved toget her under cover before the badweather hit.

Having poured thousands of gallons ofvery expensive fuel and hundreds ofgallons of oil into the tanks, I would say wehad a very good flying season. However,we did have a couple of defects – onebeing a fuel pressure indicator which wasfixed with a new gauge, the other amagneto drop on No 1 engine whichneeded a new set of spark plugs.

Carburettor needs replacingNow, onto this winter’s maintenance.During the last air show at Duxford youmight have heard, rather than seen, ourNo 3 engine misbehaving. We suspectedthat the carburettor would need replacingand it will be done this winter. But, as thisis our only spare carburettor, we will haveto find a replacement so that we have aspare for the coming season.

The compass will also need replacingor overhauling as it is becoming difficult toread in certain conditions. Our CaptainPeter Kuypers has volunteered to try andfind a B-16 compass and once found andreplaced, we will have to do a compass

swing. I can do this myself, but we have toborrow a master hand-held certifiedcompass to do the check on the newlyinstalled one.

The floor needs removingThis winter we also have to remove thefloor in the radio room to do a fullstructural inspection for damage andcorrosion. When I was working forHeavyLift some years ago, I went on atraining course at the Boeing CommercialAirplane Group in Seattle to learn aboutcorrosion prevention and control. It was anexcellent course and very handy for ourown Boeing! Corrosion on aircraft is amajor problem and we must keep an eyeon it all the time and take every precautionto control it. Once we are happy with thestate of the radio room’s under floorstructure and all the repairs and cleaninghave been done, we give it a good coat ofa magic corrosion preventive treatment,refit the floor and seats, clear the worksheets and – job done!

Every job we do on the aircraft has tobe written down on what is called theWork Sheet. The engineer carries out thejob, signs for it and then the work isinspected and cleared by an approvedinspector. So, you can see that allmaintenance work is well under control.

We also have the normal annual routine

maintenance to do and, this year, the SparAD inspection on the right hand wing. Thisis the main item on our schedule and theonly one that causes us any concern. Butlooking on the positive side, all will be well,and before you know it Sally B will be backout in the sunshine, ready for anotherseason.

All that is left to say is thank you to everyone of you for your support and to all of youwho help the engineering team keep ouraircraft serviceable and clean. And lastlywe all thank Elly our leader for holding thewhole operation together. Merry Christmasto all and see you in 2014.

Out of the wind and rain –and into the warm!Our Sally B is now under cover in hangar T2 North. Thanks to IWM Duxford wecan now get on with the winter maintenance, which is quite substantial this year,in the comfort of a warm hangar.

Report on the winter’s maintenance by Chief Engineer Peter Brown

Ready to go in the hangar

Ready to go in the hangar

Kurt Lang

Room forone more!?

Information for Members from Elly SallingboeGuided tours of Sally B is an exclusive ‘perk’ for members of the supporters club and I am delighted that so many of you have been able tovisit and enjoy these very special privilege over the past year.

During the 2012 winter maintenance members were given access to Sally B (escorted) on almost every Sunday, even when the engineeringteam were working inside or around the aircraft. However, due to health and Safety reasons this will not be possibly this winter.

But, all is not lost; members can still visit Sally B but now on the first Sunday of each month. From November to April from 1030-1500,two of our loyal team will be at Duxford to escort you around and whenever possible inside Sally B. There may be times when for health andsafety reasons you cannot go inside, but the team will show you around and tell you what Peter Brown and the team are up to. Do pleasenote that during the winter maintenance children will not be allowed in the maintenance area, they will have to wait till spring when theaircraft is outside again. You can, of course still visit on all other days but there will be no one to show you around or inside Sally B.

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Hi EllyWe would just like to say a big thank you to all involved ingetting Sally B up in the air again after her winter break.She behaved superbly and the flying was fantastic especiallywith the Eagle Squadron.Today we have once again been to the Memorial service atMadingley Cemetery where we had another two fabulous passeswith all the planes.Long may this last. We feel proud to be a part of trying to keepher flying even if our contributions are small, but every little helps.Sandra and Trevor Kaftan

To all involved with Sally B,

Thank you all for an amazing 70th

Anniversary flypast. We attended Thorpe

Abbotts and we can honestly say, the view

of Sally B from the top of the Control Tower

coming ‘flat’ over the top of us was

excellent. Low, slow and very majestic. The

Eagle Sqd fighters with Miss Velma joining

in was magic...the sound and sight of these

wonderful aircraft was just amazing.

It was strange... when Sally B appeared

on the horizon and as we watched her

approaching the feeling of ‘this is what it

would have been like in those dark days,

waiting for them to return safely’ came over

us. The gasps of sheer amazement as she

passed by...fantastic!A fitting tribute to the young airmen of the

USAAF in the UK. We have been to Flying Legends for

many years now and have become

accustomed to seeing fantastic sights but

this was just so special! Well done to all.

Paul and Karen Blyth

Your Letters

B-17 Sally B flies over the 100th Bomb GroupThorpe Abbotts tower on 27th May 2013

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Dear TeamFor the last 35 years and more, as a member of the

Ulster Aviation Society (www.ulsteraviationsociety.org),I have been researching the history of the USAAF inNorthern Ireland during the Second World War.

This afternoon, at the site of the former US MilitaryCemetery at Lisnabreeny on the southern edge ofBelfast, a ceremony to unveil and dedicate a Memorialplaced at the site a few months ago was brought to amost fitting and memorable conclusion by theappearance of Sally B, which was a wonderful andmoving tribute to the memory of the 148 USservicemen who were buried there during the SecondWorld War, about half of whom were airmen.

I was privileged to have been present on theoccasion and am writing to thank you Elly and the crewof the aircraft for their enthusiastic support of the event,organized by the Administration Manager ofCastlereagh Borough Council, Mrs Edel Patterson.The USAAF presence in Northern Ireland during WW2was extensive, hence the significance of Sally B’spresence. Thank you again.Ernie Cromie

HelloMy name is Jake

Clipstone, I just wantedto send you a picture ofmy puppy I got for my14th Birthday...I named her after myfavourite plane, MissSally B. Jake Clipstone

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Over HMS Northumberland, Bournemouth Air Festival, 31-08-2013

Today was the first chance I have had to see Sally B since Ijoined the supporters’ club in the summer.

As anyone who was on the ground at Seething this afternoonwill know it turned extremely wet and cold when the B-17’sdisplay was due. The thunderstorm lingered and I was expectingthat Sally B would have had to turn for home. To see herappearing out of the gloom and putting in a typically spiriteddisplay in front of a rainbow was a superb moment. Many thanksto the crew for staying and gracing the show with her presence.Spectacular and very moving as always.Kev Hasler

Yesterday I was at Seething Charity Day

and watched

Sally B and her crew negotiate a wicked

thunderstorm and

then put on a magnificent flypast. I know

you probably get

sent hundreds of photos but thought this

one was a little

different; obviously the crew were lookin

g for their pot of gold.

Keep up the good work and best wishes

, lest we forget.

Mike PollardReal Allied History Re-enactment Group

Dear TeamI was at the Bournemouth Air Show last week tocelebrate my fiftieth birthday. It was the first time Ihave ever been to one and I was completely smitten.I also fell in love with one aircraft in particular – thegorgeous and magnificent Sally B. Along with thewonderful Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (my otherfavourites), I found Sally B’s display incrediblymoving and I could not bear to think that she shouldever have to stop flying. I am definitely going tomake a donation or join the supporters club andhope to encourage others to do so. In the meantime I just wanted to say thank you toall of you for the dedication and hard work that keepsher flying, bringing so much joy to so many peoplebut, more importantly, serving to remind us all...Maranna Dear DM

Halford

Dear allI was fortunate enough to see the flypast on

Monday and our Captain at Royston Golf Club, KeithWood took this photograph.

It has somehow captured a sort of sun/cloudburstand together with the aeroplanes looks amazing.

We thoroughly enjoyed the flypast and it made ourday playing golf so much better. Thank you.Elizabeth Toby, Royston Golf Club player

What has over 6,500 members, a full-colour magazine, its own B-17 Bomberand significant exclusive access to Sally B? It is of course the Sally BSupporters Club, one of the largest club of its kind in the world. Keeping theaircraft flying has been a continuous struggle against impossible odds but, withthe help of its members, this has been achieved for over 38 years! Following aseries of setbacks that grounded the aircraft for nearly two years, the B-17Charitable Trust, a registered charity, was formed in 1999 to support the B-17.Sally B is now flying again and more than ever, help is needed to secure thefuture of this flying memorial for generations to come.You can help by joining a group of friendly, like-minded people, playing animportant role in preserving a rare and educational part of our aviation heritage.Help keep Sally B flying and become a member today.

Membership starts from only £35

For further information write to:

B-17 Preservation, PO Box 92, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 8RR, UK.Email: B-17preservation@btconnect.com Tel 01638 721304or visit our website: www.sallyb.org.uk

JOIN THE SALLY BSUPPORTER’S CLUB andhelp keep the Europe’sonly flying B-17 in the air

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A million THANK YOUs – to YOU ALL! Our most sincere, heartfelt and warm “thank you” to all members and friendslisted here who have donated to Sally B over the past year.Since the last issue of Sally B News our charity has received a total of £63,895 in donations,the majority from our annual Members Appeal.

A special mention must go to: Bertie Ashby, Mike Blackburn, John Denney, Paul Edwards, Margaret Logan,Paul Makin, Vladimir Plouzhnikov, RAFA Shoreham, Ian Salmons, Seething Air Show, Andrew Tomlin,Stephen Towsey and David Whitworth

John & Priscilla AndersonPeter BamfordRobert BatemanKen BeardBrian BennettMartineau BertrandRoger BlackmanGeoffrey BoyesKeith BradshawJohn BuchanMr & Mrs BK Burgess

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Ray KerridgePeter W KindredCharles A KingTerry KingM J KnockLance KuhnKurt LangCathryn LaxtonMr & Mrs PC LeeIan MantellAlan Markwell

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Sally B with the Eagle Squadron over the American Cemetery at Madingley on 27 May 2013

Phil Whalley

The Flying MemorialHELP KEEP HER FLYING

Flypast over the Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery, nr Belfast, which has recently been restored. It wasused as a burial ground for 148 US personnel between 1943 and 1948. Photo courtesy of Edel Patterson