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Old 18th Oct 2012, 15:30
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Andover / HS748

I will no doubt be corrected but we always knew them as 748's, am sure the 700 & supporting books etc all identified 748, XS793 came to us on 60 Sqd from Khormaksar in 1968 ( pretty sure !) still wearing RAF Middle East colours, it went back to the UK for a refit & came back with just Royal Air Force on the upper fuselage, did some trips around RAF Germany, Denmark & up into Norway mostly as an engine fitter travelling groundcrew as I had been X'd & works coursed on Darts (Argosy !)often going to recover usually the Basset until we got the Herons then the 748 became a VIP taxi & the Herons as "trucks", the Pembrokes just got on with the corridor flights, must be more of you out there who was on 60 same time 67 - 70 ?, PH.
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