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Old 13th Jun 2005, 14:04
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steamchicken
 
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I seem to remember John Farley having some video of the Nimbomber trial...

The Argentines flew a couple of attempts to drop bombs out of a Hercules, one of them actually hit a ship - but not a British ship! A monster Liberian-flag oil tanker on its way round the Horn in ballast. They apparently thought it was going "to the task force" - why we'd send an empty tanker, riding high out of the water, was not explained, but it was eventually a kill. (not that it sank, but the owners eventually decided that removing the unexploded bomb would be uneconomic and scrapped the ship)
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