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Old 16th Nov 2018, 10:29
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Alan Pringle and the bomb (s)

An interesting article in The Guardian about Valiant co-pilot Alan Pringle who flew on two sorties during Op Grapple, and thus probably became the only RAF aircrew member ever to have dropped two nuclear weapons. I remember chatting to Alan about this at one of the V Force reunions at Newark a few years ago - certainly a good conversation starter - "I once dropped two H Bombs!"

He later became a Victor K1 tanker captain and he was OC standards (I think) at Marham when I was there in the 70s. Nice chap.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...VehiHGXnW9E37w
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