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Old 26th Mar 2018, 10:09
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teeteringhead

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Yes - overall good for getting 100 years into 90 minutes. We will all have our favourite bits missing; mine were:

1. No between the wars "Imperial Policing"; obviously un-PC at present, but arguably kept the RAF going as an independant force.

2. Nothing on RAF contribution to Assault Gliders in WWII - 60% of gliders in the Rhine Crossing (and 60% of the casualties) were flown by RAF.

3. Despite talking to Martin Withers about the Vulcan, no mention of Black Buck - for it was he.

My favourite bits in it:

1. SOE Lysanders.

2. Unloading the Dak against the clock.

3. Mogwi's Falklands dit - and reminding us he was RAF at the time!

4. McHoot "only blowing the bl%%dy roof off" in Sierra Leone. Only 53 CGCs have been awarded, and his is the only RAF one to date.

Overall a good 8/10 - a pleasant surprise. BZ to BBC
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