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D. Carpenter, Tug23(@)aol.com, 29.05.2008
In mid 60s these were flown by Nationalist Chinese out of Taipei. Normal mission profile was a takeoff towards Okinawa to gain altitude and then turn 180 back to mainland. Apparently one had O2 system failure and ended up crashing just off beach of northern Okinawa. After losing contact We were doing radio search when a farmer called in thru the local police saying he had seen a big airplane crash into the water. After getting confirmation the recovery operation took several days/weeks and became very restricted however several years later Aviation Week and Space Tech magazine published pictures of both U2s and RB57s on display in China that had crashed or been shot down. More forgotten history
Don N. Nation, donkaynatn(@)aol.com, 15.05.2008
I flew the B-57D out of HILL AFB in 1966. It was used as a "Friendly Intruder" flying against USAF fighter outfits. We usually operated at 50,000ft. but occasionaly, just for fun, went to a 'bit' higher.
Ed Smart, edsmart(@)localnet.com, 12.05.2008
The aircraft wqas assigned to the 4080th Strat Recon Wing based at Del Rio, TX. It also operated from Operating Locations in response to Peacetime Aerial Reconnaissance (PARPO) tasking such as overflights of the disputed area during the Suez Crisis. The RB-57D fleet was grounded after several instances of a wing falling off during landing. Succeeded by the RB-57F which was tasked for air sampling and Air Weather Service assignments
Rick Cotton, cottons(@)comcast.net, 03.05.2008
Although we did not know it at the time, the B-57D was a U-2 backup. A high flyer and very unique to fly. As the Martin Chief Test Pilot, I probably flew all of the 20 that we built and trained the super secret SAC squadron which deployed to Del Rio, Texas and Japan. Another almost forgotten Cold War story. Martin was a fun and diversified A/C Company to fly for but like so many others, got out of the Aircraft business so most of Flight Test types moved on.
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