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Old 12th Oct 2009, 17:20
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Originally Posted by Data-Lynx
PN. The state of my loft precludes an instant find of flipcards but I believe the calls at sea for NDB release were "Beware Beware" at 1 mile to run and "Dustbin Dustbin" at release.

After release, I always wondered what the Wasp pilots might be thinking as their mother was steaming away from the drop point faster than they could probably catch up, with only minutes of endurance remaining.
I will forbear to correct you except that you rone mile call was of course relative to your speed.

The other call was also amplified with a position, perhaps to differentiate between friendly sunbursts and unfriendly ones.
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