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Old 11th Sep 2014, 20:46
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blind pew
 
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Had the honour of going on safari with David Drummond GC +++ in the late 80s. Sat around the campfire he described how he had the wing fall off a Tripacer IIRC around 2000ft agl and how he played with the rudder before he crashed. Found 100 yds from the wreck still strapped in and rebuilt in East Grinstead.
He had been spotting for Lancasters before dawn (heat trail from campfire rising through the early morning mist). I borrowed his biography from the public library - Bwana Drum...excellent Boys Own story...ran his own gang of turned terrorists whilst wearing a wig and having dyed his skin with potassium permanganate...police medal for gallantry. Nice bloke as well.
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