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PN. The state of my loft precludes an instant find of flipcards but I believe the calls at sea for NDB release were "Beware Beware" at 1 mile to run and "Dustbin Dustbin" at release.
After release, I always wondered what the Wasp pilots might be thinking as their mother was steaming away from the drop point faster than they could probably catch up, with only minutes of endurance remaining.
After release, I always wondered what the Wasp pilots might be thinking as their mother was steaming away from the drop point faster than they could probably catch up, with only minutes of endurance remaining.
The other call was also amplified with a position, perhaps to differentiate between friendly sunbursts and unfriendly ones.
Not iron bombs, but a similar vein.
A Japanese fishing crew were found clinging to wreckage and life rafts in the sea off Hokkaido. When they were picked up the explanation of what had happened was so outrageous that they were not believed and the shipwreck was regarded as an insurance job. Snippets of information came through the grapevine and eventually the story was explained.
An Aeroflot freighter was transferring some cattle, originally from the USA, from Japan to Eastern Russia. They were sedated and in crates which was the normal way of transporting them. Halfway up the climb one of the bulls woke up and took a dislike to its surroundings. It started to break up its crate and despite a brave vet giving it two more shots of tranquilliser it kept going until it was free.
It was now loose in the hold and a frantic loadmaster depressurised and opened the rear ramp. The bull, seeing the daylight at the end of the hold made a dash for freedom.
Seventeen thousand feet below was this Japanese fishing boat
A Japanese fishing crew were found clinging to wreckage and life rafts in the sea off Hokkaido. When they were picked up the explanation of what had happened was so outrageous that they were not believed and the shipwreck was regarded as an insurance job. Snippets of information came through the grapevine and eventually the story was explained.
An Aeroflot freighter was transferring some cattle, originally from the USA, from Japan to Eastern Russia. They were sedated and in crates which was the normal way of transporting them. Halfway up the climb one of the bulls woke up and took a dislike to its surroundings. It started to break up its crate and despite a brave vet giving it two more shots of tranquilliser it kept going until it was free.
It was now loose in the hold and a frantic loadmaster depressurised and opened the rear ramp. The bull, seeing the daylight at the end of the hold made a dash for freedom.
Seventeen thousand feet below was this Japanese fishing boat
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This happened in Oman, reason, bought cheaper 500kg bombs for practice.remember the incident quite well, our jockeys couldn't belive he managed to get out alive, If I remember rightly his wife was on a visit at the same time. Burns due to Oxy mask detatching on ejection and the explosion.....
Omani Jaguar ejection on 26 Feb 1979, the pilot's surname was Lee, first name was Rick. I know this as he was flying Mirages at RAAF Williamtown in 1982, having transferred from the RAF to the RAAF. I was an RAAF officer at the time. He discussed his ejection with me at the time, & there was an illustrated popular magazine in the 2 OCU crewroom, featuring an illustrated article on his miraculous survival. A bomb exploded under his aircraft just after release, totally destroying the aircraft & detaching the forward fuselage from the rest of the airborne wreckage. He ejected from that.
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Omani Jaguar ejection on 26 Feb 1979, the pilot's surname was Lee, first name was Rick. I know this as he was flying Mirages at RAAF Williamtown in 1982, having transferred from the RAF to the RAAF. I was an RAAF officer at the time. He discussed his ejection with me at the time, & there was an illustrated popular magazine in the 2 OCU crewroom, featuring an illustrated article on his miraculous survival. A bomb exploded under his aircraft just after release, totally destroying the aircraft & detaching the forward fuselage from the rest of the airborne wreckage. He ejected from that.
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Fareastdriver: Perhaps you have not read what Snopes has to say about the incident you describe. 
snopes.com: Cow Sinks Trawler
snopes.com: Cow Sinks Trawler
Pontius,
One mile call was at one mile for us angry palm trees: speed was fairly irrelevant. Ours was 200 feet, 100 knots
There was an 'at least' 2 minute call required from the Controlling Unit, "Stand-by Dustbin, 2 minutes, Surface Zero Position", then the calls as posted earlier by Data-Lynx. We were further taught to go max chat after drop, with doors and windows open to reduce overpressure. At 200 feet overwater with a bucket of sunshine sinking slowly through the depths behind us, and a bit of a surface effect to be expected soon
Strangely, the Pilot was responsible for the one mile "Beware, Beware" call, but the observer made the "Dustbin, Dustbin" radio broadcast when Pressing to Release.
One mile call was at one mile for us angry palm trees: speed was fairly irrelevant. Ours was 200 feet, 100 knots
There was an 'at least' 2 minute call required from the Controlling Unit, "Stand-by Dustbin, 2 minutes, Surface Zero Position", then the calls as posted earlier by Data-Lynx. We were further taught to go max chat after drop, with doors and windows open to reduce overpressure. At 200 feet overwater with a bucket of sunshine sinking slowly through the depths behind us, and a bit of a surface effect to be expected soon
Strangely, the Pilot was responsible for the one mile "Beware, Beware" call, but the observer made the "Dustbin, Dustbin" radio broadcast when Pressing to Release.
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It was now loose in the hold and a frantic loadmaster depressurised and opened the rear ramp. The bull, seeing the daylight at the end of the hold made a dash for freedom.
Foldie
what Snopes has to say about the incident you describe.
