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I personally believe it was a deliberate act, However those talking about ship recognition - the Turks managed to sink their own destroyer TCG Kocatepe (D 354) a few years later with F-100s after mistaking it for a Greek vessel during the 74 Cyprus invasion. Its really not that simple to...

Tell the pilots to go for the Sea Harriers at the expense of any other target. Get the attack aircraft to drop there loads and go for a missile or guns kill etc. Ok it may be a waste of bombs but the UK aircraft arent going to last too long even if you are half way succesful, then no UK...

I think its a Fairey Battle. Used as an Engine Testbed. Very Interesting photo that I havent seen before.

Quite dead, sitting in a bunker at RAF Wattisham after launching all the Phantoms that we could get away. Family all dead from a dusting from London.

The Nimrod was designed to include the carriage and dropping of -750 and 1000lb bombs from the start, for similar use as the Avro Shackleton in the "colonial policing" role. The Shackleton was used quite extensively in this role including air to ground gunnery with the twin 20 mm cannon fit in...