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Old 23rd Sep 2014, 18:12
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Seem to remember (bear in mind I'm casting my mind back nearly 30 years) that the PK for the Firestreak was 78%; the PK for the Red Top er, wasn't anyway near. Questions were asked about RT performance. Q-RTF-X, I have the same Q! Forgotten all about that. Must have been one of the last ones to go through Newton in '85.

I was one of the one's that 'shut the doors on the way out' at Binbrook and I haven't a clue what happened to the gear. It gradually disappeared over a period. Don't forget that apart from the ready use missiles-can't remember how many we had in the dump but it was a lot-the missiles were kept in bits. Warheads were kept in one place, guidance in another etc. Didn't they just scrap the none banging bits and dump the warheads in the North Sea? I remember Johnny Birkett's in Lincoln having a Firestreak for sale in his shop window shortly after.
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