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Old 22nd Apr 2012, 14:39
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Herod

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When exercise Bersatu Padu was planned in 1970, 72 Sqn was supposed to have ten Wessex at Changi. At one point, as I recall, we had two aircraft flying at Changi, two in a U/S Belfast at Gan, two in a U/S Belfast at Masirah, two in a U/S Belfast at Akrotiti and two in a U/S Belfast at Brize! Luckily, the Communist hordes didn't come down the Malay Peninsular (although what difference our total lift of 120 troops would have made, I don't know).
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