Originally Posted by
Asturias56
IIRC a US pilot had to be dragged off the UK ships going south to the Falklands War as he was on a Harrier cross posting
Not quite true. Maj Mac was not allowed anywhere near Hermes but we left his name on the side of “his” jet until just before the first raid. He was v peed-off about it and queried how anyone could go to war without the Marines!
We managed.
Mog