…... and flew past Khormaksar with a mixture of Sea Vixens, Buccaneers and resident Hunters.
"The flypast was nearly a disaster when the lead Sea Vixen crew thought that we were 30 seconds early and suddenly with little warning slowed down from 350kts to 300kts. The cumulative effect on the formations especially at the back end was interesting to say the least.”
James Heath, 43 Squadron, remembers that the roll-
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The Hunter pilots were invited back on Victorious the next night and Dai celebrated so well -
Luckily for him, a boat was found to take him ashore just before the ship pulled up the anchor and left Aden for Malta.
Back to Doug Marr and his TDY to 8 Squadron at Khormaksar: he says that these 'operational' boys gave him a great time, and his first trip was as No 15 in a Diamond-
The photo on the right is a picture taken of the formation from above. The accompanying shot on the left is of the same formation taken from the side.
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