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Old 10th Sep 2007, 11:23
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The last thing a lone bomber crew would want on such a covert raid would be some little wetjet with a couple of 9 limas and 30 minutes of endurance getting in the way.......
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Old 10th Sep 2007, 11:36
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You know that. I know that. But . . .

Care to PM me with Caligulas name? I don't know the nic but might know the person.

I knew someone in a different group who suffered severe psychological stress at ASI, PST disopered etc etc or it could have been DTs
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Old 10th Sep 2007, 11:45
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Anyone who was on 44 Zimbabwe Air Legion in the late 70s would now......

Ask 50+Ray, for example!

A clue - think of a scrawny black bird. And I don't mean Naomi Campbell!

It was only a rumour at the time, so may well have been a myth.
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