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Old 6th Aug 2021, 08:08
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Mogwi
 
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Yes, this is correct. We initially tried to attack the airfield using a GR3 designating and a SHAR lofting the weapons but the LRTM on the GR3 was not compatible with the seeker heads and the bombs continued on a ballistic trajectory.

The first successful attacks were carried out with FAC designation on 13th June, when OC1(F) took out a company HQ on Mount Tumbledown and another pilot turned a 155mm gun into a swimming pool a little later. On 14th June, Bomber H was about to deliver a couple more when the white flags went up.

Mog

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