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Old 22nd Sep 2012, 10:00
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Mike Gallafent
 
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BEagle's table of squadrons in 2nd TAF, c.1956 stirred the memory cells...

In 1953 on 16 Sqn with Vampires, we were able to dog-fight around the hangars during Exercise 'Coronet' - reputedly, the simulated conflict between 2nd TAF and 4th TAF cost the lives of eleven aircrew. On occasion it was hair-raising... The realistic if lax doctrine, then extant under the Earl of Bandon the C-in-C, was promptly replaced with much more restrictive rules.
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