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Old 4th Jun 2003, 23:17
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Archimedes
 
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Depends ...

If you mean by an RAF pilot in an RAF-owned plane then you can either choose the Confrontation with Indonesia (Jackonicko has alluded before now to some evidence to suggest that an Indonesian aircraft was shot down by, I think, a Javelin). Failing that, WW2.

If you mean by an RAF pilot, then I think the Falklands, when RAF bods on loan to the SHAR force did rather well. Also a number of victories gained by RAF pilots in Korea on exchange with F-86 outfits and, I believe, with 77 Squadron RAAF.

And stand by for the umpteenth airing of comments about the accidental shoot-down of the Jag by the Phantom...

Edit - oops. Forgot about the little fracas with the Israelis and the Egyptians in 1948. Couple of losses and a couple of victories there. Also, a Canberra was shot down during the Suez crisis, and a Valiant detected the emissions of something - probably an EAF Meteor NF - stuggling to try and reach it (it didn't).
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