Ternhill incident
Dan, J, AirPol
Outline of incident at Ternhill (from BBC account, 20 Feb 89):
"Sentry (Parachute Regiment) spotted two men at about 0300 hours acting suspiciously.
When he challenged them, they dumped a sports bag - containing a bomb - and ran off. The soldier fired three rounds from his assault rifle but missed.
He raised the alarm and the barracks was evacuated shortly before two bombs went off - no-one was hurt.
The bombers escaped in a stolen car, which was found about 10 miles from the barracks."
[COMMENT: From what I recall at time, the biggest shock to the RAF was that the Army had armed guards/sentries: RAF was still (less certain facilities and specialist personnel) on unarmed guards/sentries.]
Regards
Batco
Last edited by BATCO; 29th Jul 2016 at 06:26.
Reason: added date of BBC report