Originally Posted by
Heimdall
Mustflywillfly
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And can I just remind all you crabs that the only service to shoot another aircraft down since WWII is yes, that's right, the Navy.
You need to do a little more research. The last RAF pilot to win a contested air-to-air engagement, that has been officially acknowledged, whilst flying an RAF plane was Fg Off Tim McElhaw of 208 Sqn flying a Spitfire FR18 when he shot down a Royal Egyptian Air Force Spitfire LF9 on 22 May 1948 near Ramat David airfield in Palestine.
www.spyflight.co.uk/iafvraf.htm
Heimdall
A very good reason why 208, as an ex-Naval squadron (formed October 1916) and far "senior" to 800 and 801, should be one of the embarked JSF squadrons. Anyway, flying Meteor 8s & 9s out of Takali in '56 we used to have the 800 and 801 Sea Hawks on toast. And we shagged all the WRNS at Kalafrana too!
I noticed in your excellent link that a Syrian Meteor F8 splashed a Canberra PR7 at altitude. Now that must have taken a bit distinguished flying!