Formed in 1956, the Black Knights were a
team of Martin B-57's from the 71st Tactical Bombardment Squadron, of the 38th
Bombardment Wing based at Laon, France.
These unique archive photos were discovered
by one of our Canadian SIG members, Gary Vincent, who has made them available
for us to publish on our website. The four never-before-seen images of the team
in action were scanned from original transparancies now in Gary's possession,
but sadly the date and location of the photos and the name of the actual
photographer are not known. Please note also that due to their age, the
original slides exhibited strange colour shifts and were also rather scratched
- because of this, the scanned images shown here have been "touched up" in an
attempt to remove some of the scratching and improve the colour renditions to a
more realistic level.
For more information about this team, see
:-
www.b-57canberra.org/labs.htm
Also, the website of Col. John W. Harris USAF
(Ret.), who was the Slot Pilot in the Black Knights team :
3rdstories.yolasite.com/john-w-harris.php
Photos
must not be reproduced without permission
