The photo shows a shield on the forward fuselage ahead of the engine. The shield showed across the top the letters ARDC, underneath following the curve of the shield it was written Air Force Special Weapons Center. Aircraft was reconverted from NB-57B to combat configuration, it was lost after being hit by ground fire over Laos 22nd September 1968. The crew was rescued. Reference Joe Baugher's page.

At the time of the photo, both aircraft were finished in midnight blue.

USAF Crowflight VIII deployment to RAAF Base East Sale.

USAF Crowflight VII deployment 28th April 1961- 31st May 196. RAAF Base East Sale, Victoria. Australia.

G-GKUG was in Australia to test the effectiveness of large air tankers.

B(I)MK12 an export variation of the RAF B(I)MK8 for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Support aircraft for USAF "Crowflight" deployments.

The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Later in 1962, the USAF moved the Crowflight deployments to RAAF Laverton with Laverton hosting U-2s. The B-57Bs were stationed at the Avalon airfield. This aircraft sadly crashed after take-off from Laverton with the loss of both the crew on the 1962-09-17.

The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF Base East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. The aircraft had the designation NB-57B painted, on the forward left fuselage just forward of the cockpit. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Joe Baugher's page indicates this aircraft was written 14th January 1980.

The photo was taken at RAAF East Sale in late 1961 or early 1962. It had a number of deployments in the early 1960s to RAAF East Sale with other B-57Bs as part of the USAF Crowflight deployments. Early 1962 it was back at East Sale in the same role of medium-level air sampling the filters were located in the special wingtip pods. Later in 1962, the USAF moved the Crowflight deployments to RAAF Laverton with Laverton hosting U-2s. The B-57Bs were stationed at the Avalon airfield. This aircraft sadly crashed after take-off from Laverton with the loss of both the crew on the 1962-09-17. Fuselage data show the B-57Bs having the designation NB-57B, for special weapons trials.

RAAF Base East Sale open day, September 1961.