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Old 8th Jul 2016, 12:46
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Danny42C
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Chugalug (#8849),
...Could that be the place where our troops did indeed go Doolally, Danny?...
Forget what we called it (didn't go in for parades much), but could not improve on the late lamented Benny Hill: "Squarebashingerplatz !"


BBadanov (#8850),
... the MiG factory at Nasik...
Wild guess: Ex-RAF Mauripur (or whatever they call it now). But they would have the Mig21 /29 (?) assembly manuals, whereas we had to assemble the first batch of Vengeance as a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Then we flew 'em !

Couple of years ago I zoomed-in on Google Maps on the new military complex at Cannanore (my final old stamping ground in India 70 years ago). Somewhere or other they'd found a barrel of bright blue paint. Among the odd items standing out like dog's balls painted with this, was a strange dagger-like thing. Concluded: Mig-21 instructional fuselage (??) Why paint it bright blue ? Who can fathom the inscrutable Oriental mind ?

Danny.