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Old 18th Mar 2009, 00:35
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Gate Guardians

Back in the '70s Marham also had Valiant XD818 which now resides in the RAF museum (or was the last time I visited). It lived outside the Ops block, so not strictly a gate guardian I suppose, and was painted in camo, although it was repainted in anti-flash white when the museum took it over. At one stage the 4 engines which had been sitting in it for years were removed, sent to Rolls Royce for refurbishing, and flogged to the Swiss to go in their Hunters, as I remember. I went inside it one day (cant remember how) and was amazed how roomy it seemed down the back compared to the claustrophobic Vulcan and rather cramped Victor
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