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Old 20th Sep 2014, 23:08
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Danny42C
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Bomb Bays.

mmitch,

The bomb bay was useful for all sorts of things (the long members of Danny's air-transportable charpoy for example), and the (inadvertent) squashing of one unfortunate Major's uniform case (compassionate lift (Chittagong to Calcutta). But as our erks were loading it with engine runnihg (so 2000 lb/sq.in in the system) and were pushing it in with sticks (for fear of what that could do to an arm), it was hard luck when the jaws closed with it trapped between them. (Should've insured his kit, anyway).

(Oh, and carrying 2x500lb bombs from time to time).

Danny.