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Old 27th July 2012 | 14:53
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Al R
 
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From: @exRAF_Al
F6 on APC in Akrotiri shot himself down. Very neat trick, I thought, took real skill to do that.
That one almost landed on us near Bacon Grill Hill (well, it was the 80s). The years have addled my grey matter but I'm sure it had flamed out - I have this impression of it whistling in almost silently, there was a banging sound which I seem to still think was an ejection seat rail clattering - could it have been fuel burning off in the engine (car equiv would be unburned fuel I guess, cooking off in the exhaust manifold).

Either way, imagine 4 young rockapes, hearing about this inbound impending doom on the net, seeing it glide in, and then running around like headless chickens because we hadn't got a clue where it would land. It went over very low and did it skip and bounce when it hit - it made a hell of a noise and the sound I recall is the screeching sound of metal coming apart - I think it ended up on a gradual slope in someone's back garden.
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