By the way, the seagull that flew into the bomb bay whilst it was open and managed to bypass the stores - we always carried an ASR set whilst on patrol (even when armed) - in order to carry out any damage would have to be very clever. It was almost inconceiveable that it could happen.
AFAIK, there was never a bird strike in either the MR1 or MR2. And I'd be most surprised if any other ac with a bomb bay ever had a bird strike inside the BB.
Whilst it was a single point of failure, the likelihood of it happeneing was minimal. I suspect tolerable and ALARP.
Duncs
