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Old 21st Apr 2021, 09:54
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brakedwell
 
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We had two Chipmunks and an Anson for us Hastings second pilots to keep our hand in on 99 Squadron at Lyneham in 1957/9. The Chipmunks were WB 733 and WG 478. 478 now lives in Australia. I used to get more fun out of the Anson, but I do remember one of our second pilots, no names mentioned, getting a couple of bullet holes in his Chipmunk fin over the Salisbury Plain. I suspect he was doing a bit of illegal low flying as he packed in "toy" aeroplane flying after that!
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