Wittmund AB , Germany - 18th May 2006

After hearing that JG-71, "The Richthofen" were to host a photocall and having looked at the logs from the event in 2004, this was a no-brainer! We simply had to be there! A group of about a dozen of us flew out of Luton the previous evening bound for Bremen.

When we awoke the weather was (typically, and as forecast) foul. We had about a two hour drive ahead of us, so there was a vague hope that it might be better there. However, when we arrived it was lagging it down and there was no break in sight as we were bussed onto the active side of the airfield (the admin side and the live side are separated by a good few miles and on opposite sides of a road).

Somehow, after about an hour the clouds did decide to part and we were treated to a rather pleasant remainder of the day. Not something that any of us had anticipated.

A small static display had been assembled, and we were told we'd then get to see seven Phantoms departed.

Once they were all back on the deck the photocall ended and we made our way outside for a few hours.

A day that started off with little hope ended with us all having had a rather good day!