I flew XZ 431 on several occasions. First sortie on 208 Sqn was on 9th July 1984. On my second sortie (23rd August) I had an ECU failure. On Nov 13th that year I flew it on an Airfield Attack of RAF Binbrook. On 12 Feb 1985 I flew it on a JMC Exercise (Joint Maritime Course). On 12th March I dropped Live 1000lb Bombs from it on Garvie Island. In September that year I flew it twice on Exercise Ocean Safari.
I next flew it in 1991 on 4th December to Tain Range and had an RCDI (Rate of Climb and Descent Indicator) failure. My final 2 trips were on 18 and 19 Aug 1992 when I flew it to Soesterburg and back - can't think why! (Probably a Sqn Exchange). Happy Days!
