Hard to believe the Canadians ever painted their insignia on a BOMARC, huh?
Hard to believe the Canadians ever painted their insignia on a BOMARC, huh?
Hard to believe that anybody painted their insignia on that piece of crap.
I was the official photographer for the 4751st Air Defense Group when the Canadian Air Force launched their first Bomarc missile. The event took place at our facilities on Santa Rosa Island near Navarre, Fl. I think it was in 1962, but my memory has become fuzzy on the dates. Any old photographers might be interested in some details of the shoot: Canon VT Deluxe 35mm with a telephoto lens loaded with 36 exposure Tri-X film. Thanks to the camera's base plate trigger I was able to shoot the entire launch from shelter opening till the missile disappeared down range. The whole process was so fast no one else had been able to get more than four exposures. I got all 36 frames. I still have those negatives, now digitized, if anyone is interested I'll send you a print via email. (hdstmf@netscape.net)