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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 1936.PDF
FLIGHT, 16 November 1950T 429 WF446 Washington? (B-29s) of Bomber Command, based at Marham, are prepared for their first operational exercise. ACTION STATIONS —During Exercise "Emperor" : An Illustrated Summary • A B-50D of the 328th Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, U.S.A.F., at Marham with its ground crew and the customary armed guard (left). Senior officers directing the exercise were (left to right) : Maj.-Gen. Leon W. Johnson, Lt.-Gen. C. F. Loewen. Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry and Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd. About 1,000 aircraft took part. (Mainly "Flight"„ ,^_ J |_7 XERCISE EJnpwwy which took place between October g 'j 7th and 15th, involved about 1,000 aircraft and was the largest post-war exercise held in Britain. Its primary object was to give practice to both attacking and defending forces. Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry led the defending forces, which consisted of R.A.F., RJ\UX.A.F., U.S.A.F., Danish, Dutch, Belgian and Norwegian fighter squadrons, backed, of course, by R.O.C., A.A. gunners, fighter controllers and radar operators. The attacking forces, under Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, were composed of units from Bomber Command, the U.S.A.F., B.A.F.O. and Flying Training Command. The exercise was not notable for the use of new types of aircraft, nor was it particularly realistic; the intention was clearly to test and develop operational technique rather than equipment. The F-84 Thunderjets of the American 3rd Air Division were newcomers to British air exercises, how- ever, both as interceptors and bomber-escorts. Bomber (Below) Lively impression of one of Fighter Command's new Mk. 8 Meteors—touching down in a stiff cross-wind at Horsham St. Faith. This version is already very popular with the pilots.
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