Ah yes, the 'Strikemouse'.....
The aviation press luvvies made the long trek to RAF Brawdy in the Summer of '76 to take piccies of the 25th Anniversary of the Hunter. So 4 of us in F Mk 6As were authorised to take off to escort Neville Duke in a T Mk 7 from Dusnfold back to Brawdy.
All went as planned (although I was a bit shabby on the break!). But then all the unwashed journo rat pack did was to take piccies of the 'Strikemouse' and Winston, the Meteor F Mk 8, parked on the VASF pan by the tower......
We never did get into the news - something about the Spams landing a probe on Mars took priority!
Have to admit, though, that the 'Strikemouse' looked much better in green-and-grey than it had in horrid Learning Command ice cream van colours
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