RAF Patrington [Master Radar Sation....near Hull] 1965.
SAC Chiglet has just returned from Borneo. It is a bright, warm summer day, when F/O bloggs RAF Reg decids that as we are "going on the Range" next week, we will learn how to use the then "New" [to the RAF] SLR
In a typical Wodney voice, he starts to describe how to strip said SLR, but SAC Chiglet "learned" how to use the weapon with the Army in Borneo.
As Wodney starts to ramble, my SLR is in its component bits....and I mean
bits. Wodney goes ballistic..."You follow
my instructions, airman"
"Yessir" says I, rapidly reassembling the SLR [Scene from "Carry on Sergeant" springs to mind]
It turns out that all he wanted was for us to clear the weapon.
However, on the Range, I
did have a jam, and couldn't clear it, the "Official" way. Wodney had a rant, but
he couldn't clear it, neither could the RAF Reg Sgt. Turns out that it had a defective round extractor..
Could I have sorted it? Prolly not. That's why I was an ADO
