Fruit Bats were a menace - rumoured to carry rabies. We had one come through the windscreen at night when downwind, but it was only stunned. I think we were more shocked! As it came to it had a bit of a tantrum and was trying to bite anyone who came near it and was generally creating havoc in the cockpit. Eventually I think the eng hit it over the head with something and it was put in a bag or container and released after landing.
Since then i've often thought about those birdstrike reports where you were asked 'Did you send the remains to MAFF.' I wish we had!
Oxenos, speak for yourself - we seemed to average three or four sorties per two week stint, but spent more hours playing bridge! If I remember the only time we could do training sorties was when there was a window with no projected RAF movements in our area of responsibility (effectively the Indian Ocean!).
Last edited by Shackman; 13th Mar 2017 at 15:39.
Reason: Crossed with Oxenos