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Old 28th Jan 2013, 01:50
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Kenley Meteor

Ho FS i think the 'Meteor' may have actually been a Vatour Bomber taking part in in the Arc to Arch race circa 1959.
This mistook Kenley for BH and trundled through the fence onto the common (flew out after minor repairs)
The Beetle eventually performed a slow roll at the end of the main runway (no snow on that day) and had a flat roof from then on and much head scratching from the MOT testers. (one entered via window opening as door jammed).
Glad you maintained the 'scrounging' from the dump,and became an LAE.
450 is now the KENLEY Squadron (was Caterham & Warlingham) in our days. My last CO Eric only passed away a couple of years ago;great guy and gave me his wartime flying helmet which went with me to the TC at Redhill. There are a couple of T31's at Eaglescott (hanging from the roof),and i have a tug aircraft further west.
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