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Old 30th May 2014, 06:24
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Lox pots in Rhodesia

The original techie det in Rhodesia consisted of four G.E.s, myself , the estimable Eddie Botham and two other reprobates whose names escape me and yes, it was decided to vent the Lox as the thought of one of the locals having a shot at the nice big white aiming point on the forward fuselage ( a big white cross to show we weren't on anybodies side ) was rather exciting and the only one who did, at least the only one who hit the aircraft, missed the pot but did get the radome anti icing ducting which hung in the SF empire afterwards.
However, and this is another story, we did collect a bullet hole in the lower port fuselage about level with the para seats when operating into Sarajevo, we found it because the whistle of escaping air was loud enough to hear even on the Herc, fixed with a nut, bolt and silicone sealant on return to Zagreb, its probably still there!
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