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Old 14th Mar 2009, 13:32
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itwasme
 
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No grudge Bushfiva, as I explained in my PM to you I spotted a couple of inaccuracies and corrected them.

1. There was no "lead Tornado Squadron" in the Gulf War - Pablo was flying with XV Squadron from Bahrain, just one of the many Tornado squadrons deployed to theatre.

2. The wiki entry said that Pablo "elected" to eject from his Tornado north of Bremen on the 10th of May 1991, which is at odds with the RAF Military Aircraft Accident Summary which can be found here:

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/00E4A...76_10may91.pdf

It concludes that the aircraft was probably serviceable when it hit the ground and that the weight of evidence suggested that the accident was caused by pilot mishandling. It goes on to state that the nav justifiably ejected the crew and in doing so saved their lives. Not so "elective" then.

Wiki entries must be accurate, otherwise they are pointless.
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