Threatening Skies by Richard Taylor. (C) SIG1214 The Black Buck missions began

The Black Buck missions began on Ascension Island

Belfast had already joined the Home Fleet operating out of Scapa Flow

Bishop applied for a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915

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Threatening Skies by Richard Taylor. (C) SIG1214 The Black Buck missions beganDHM2709C. Threatening Skies by Richard Taylor. Richard Taylors painting recreates an encounter on 19th February 1945. As dawn breaks over the Pacific, a determined force of Japanese Ki 44s launch a surprise attack on a large formation of USAAF B 29 Superfortresses as they approach the Japanese mainland. B 29 gunners let rip as one fighter flashes past, with a second fighter closing at high speed. Chunks of the B 29s port wing and aileron have been