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Old 10th Dec 2019, 07:50
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BEagle
 
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One of my UAS QFIs had been on B(I)8s at Geilenkirchen as it was closing. One day he was outraged to see a whole pile of brand-new G-plan furniture being smashed up and burnt. The excuse was that it would have been 'too expensive' to return it to the UK - and 'the rules' didn't permit it being sold off to the locals....

Amongst his possessions, the QFI had rather a good cine camera. So he filmed this utter vandalism and told OC Admin Wing that if ever he was charged for anything at an OMQ march-out, the film would go straight to the media.

That didn't go down too well - so he found himself sent to Rissy to become a Chipmunk QFI, rather than getting the Buccaneer posting he'd been promised.
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