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Old 19th Sep 2017, 15:43
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ACW342
 
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Victors at Lindholme

There were two Victors in the hangars at Lindholme in'72. I went into one hangar and chatted with a civvie contractor who told me that the aircraft were recovering to UK after a flag waving visit somewhere west of the Andes and hit CAT so severe it cracked the main spar joints on both aircraft. IIRC it was either scrap them or convert them to tankers. The aircraft were in the hangers for about two years and I watched the first of them depart Lindolme with about 2 egg cups full of fuel for the literal "hop" over the road to Finningley. There can't have been much fuel as FY only sent one MK IV fire wagon to cover the departure.

I was at Northern Dairies Early 71 to late 73. Having arrived at Lindholme from Wattisham as a singly I departed for Kai Tak after having married the present Mrs 342 in Hatfield Woodhouse.
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