Originally Posted by
Mogwi
I have only 52 missions under my belt but concur with Gum; the first couple are the worst. Not helped by the fact that I was hit by 20mm HE at 150' over the target on the very first mission. I have extremely vivid memories of rounding Mount Low at 50' to see a firestorm of ground fire and missiles coming my way from the airfield at Stanley. I was scared for about 6 nano-secs before the training kicked in and I found myself flying at 10' AGL and 480 kts. Seemed safer down there, somehow.
The only other time that I really felt scared was in the wardroom bar, in anti-flash, with a half-empty pint, knowing that an Exocet was due in 30secs and there was cock-all that I could do about it. I did feel very angry on occasions though!
The brave guys were the ones who were scared witless and did the job anyway.
Mog
How did you feel during the aerial engagements? Does the adrenaline of a live 'dogfight' make it easier to cope under high G?