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Old 21st May 2007, 01:34
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GeoAC
 
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Hawk

Myself (SAC Fireman ) and SAC Gary Hatchell were sent with a D.P.M. to the bomb range at RAF Pembrey for the first official firing of a full weapons test of the Hawk ex. Hunter! All I can remember was the Range Seargent commenting that the underslung gun looked like "An Elephants Prick"!!!
And he wasn`t far wrong! If I`m correct , and PLEASE correct me if I`m wrong, it was the first RAF aircraft to have a gun barrel outside of the fusellage!
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