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Old 18th Mar 2008, 16:21
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I was a 9 year old living in married quarters and saw the accident from our house. My Mother also drove the NAAFI wagon that went round the camp and I recall riding with her to the crash site to provide tea and sandwiches to the crash recovery team who pointed out that the largest bit of the aircraft left on the airfield was the tailcone and that two of the engines were somehere in a farmers field. Also our next door neighbour was one of those killed on the ground and the injured survivor was a fireman, who who bravely tried to warn those in the caravan before running away himself. In all it was dreadful accident which might have been much worse if the aircraft had rolled towards rather than away from the crowd line.
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