Nimrod against the stunning Norwegian
coastline. The rugged shoreline and
characterful shing villages are so
picturesque – it was just too good a chance
to miss. Shortly after taking off I was being
strapped into the seat next to the porthole
window which was opened again. Having
shot the other Nimrod from various heights
along the coast I asked if we could both
be put into a 360 ̊ orbit while staying in
close formation to capture the aircraft
from a different perspective. As our
angle of bank increased during the
turn, I was able to get the topside of
the other aircraft at a three-quarter
viewpoint. It was just sheer luck thatas we made the turn a colourful little shing
village came into the frame. Click! Of all
the other shots I took this day this is my
favourite. With our ‘mission’ complete, we
climbed to 32,000ft for the transit back to
RAF Kinloss.
An informal certi cate was produced for
all the crew to mark their involvement in the
ight to the North Pole and I was delighted
when one arrived with my post shortly after I
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I wasn’t able to release any photos from this shoot for a couple of weeks, so that the subs
had time to disperse and wouldn’t be located by the Russians.
On the return trip one of the Nimrod crew suggested the picturesque coastline south of
Andøya AB would provide a stunning backdrop for photos. This is my favourite shot
from the sequence.