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Old 17th Nov 2002, 18:00
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Flatus Veteranus
 
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Unfortunately the RAF were not directly involved in Korea, although a number of RAF pilots were on exchange with USAF and RAAF units (F86, F84 and Meteor, I believe).

At Suez the Wiley Oriental Gentlemen withdrew most of their aircraft that were serviceable out of range of the carriers and RAF aircraft based on Cyprus and Malta. I do not know who scored the highest number of EAF kills on the ground. But in any contest over which service has the most "friendly fire" kills since WW2, I will open the bidding with the FAA Wyvern strike on a mosque during the Suez operation, which wiped out the best part of a platoon of RM. A Command/Control cock-up, I believe, not the fault of the pilots. My source? A RM MO who turned up at my girlfriend's London flat to shag her flatmate, immediately after the "endex". He was a very angry doc and very anti-pilots until we shared a few beers and he calmed down.
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