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Old 9th Apr 2018, 11:45
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Raikum
 
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Old collegue of mine honouring his mate agrees to scatter his ashes over his home county watched by the family, Side window opened and ashes duly dispatched, friend has other ideas and returns to aircraft covering ex collegue from head to foot and giving him a good mouthful to boot. Delays taxying back in to try and remove said friend from clothes before meeting the family again.

The same thing happened on the BBMF Lancaster one day. I'm sure some of the deceased remains there to this day as the inside was coated. On another occasion, I recall at Northolt, the ashes had become sodden-I forget how-and dried out to form, unbeknowst to the crew, a cannon ball which when launched down the flare shoot did a passable imitation of 'Upkeep'.
Sorry for the thread drift...!
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