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Old 25th May 2004, 13:45
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kilo52
 
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I remember a Trappers visit to Abingdon in the late 60's when a very "keen" Flt Sgt AQM Trapper decided to examine a venerable MAQM (this was before they changed the job description to ALM) on Combat Survival. Having been told by Mr H what he would do to "escape & evade" if he was shot down he failed him and grounded him. He then passed the paperwork up the chain of command.

He was somewhat surprised to find the paperwork returned with the suggestion that he had, perhaps, made a mistake. He resubmitted the paperwork stressing that the MAQM had failed.

Legend had it that the Trapper then received a telephone call from an Air Marshall who pointed out some relevant information that the Trapper seemed unaware of - that Mr H had been the Air Marshall's air gunner during WW2 and had been shot down twice over enemy terriotry and had got back both times - the second time having fought for several months with the French resistance!! Mr H had in fact been one of the first into Ouradour Sur Glane after the Das Reich Division had massacred the inhabitants.

The Trapper was posted.
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