F6 on APC in Akrotiri shot himself down. Very neat trick, I thought, took real skill to do that.
Quite. I can beat it though.
Rashid range (where the Alu plant is now near Dubai) my pairs leader thought he would film me from behind as I dropped 2x 100 gal 'napalm' loads - water, of course. I seem to recall it was 450 kts/50' agl. Anyway that excellent camera - F ninety-something - he was using revealed that, shortly after the release, he entered a very low-level black Cb of desert and general detritus and limped home to Sharjah. I, on my first A/G 30mm collected a round from the target frame, into the right eng intake, which stripped every single compressor blade from the engine. Deadstick into SHJ for which I deserved a medal.
My logbook reads:'Two shot down'.
The pairs leader was the mod of this forum beginning with 'W...'
True.
Memorable 1,000th post. Medal now?