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Old 8th Aug 2018, 11:32
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Originally Posted by Harley Quinn
25 May 1982

14 Squadron Jag GR.1 XX963/AL shot down 35 miles north-east of Bruggen by 92 Squadron Phantom FGR.2 XV422. Pilot ejected safely. Definitely a Sidewinder, presumably an AIM-9L.
My lab techs at my uni in aerospace engineering lab worked with said Jag pilot as an apprentice, prior to him joining the RAF, hence I heard this story 2 decades ago.

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