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Date Posted: 13/07/11 14:04:38
Author: Ned {Paddy} Egan
Subject: Re: Re Javelin crash on landing RAF Nicosia 1959?
In reply to: David Morgan 's message, "Re Javelin crash on landing RAF Nicosia 1959?" on 20/02/06 23:25:55

I was a member of the Crash Crew that attended the Jav crash. I distinctly remember it slewing to 'port' off the runway {27?}, and heading towards the BombDump. It stopped short of the barbed wire; there was no fire. The crew got out sharpish, maybe one damaged a leg jumping down. We had been warned it was a "one wheel up" coming in, so we were well placed, and followed it onto the "rough". No foam was used, no crash axes either.The i/c of the crew rhat day was a Scotsman, Cpl Tam Ferrie - a cool guy. The pilot did a good job landing and stopping the plane. It was, from memory, a hot afternoon. There was no panic anywhere, although the pilot could be excused a few palpitations at the thought of landing such an unwieldy-looking bird. We also had a Gannet squad of three aircraft. One crashed and burned outside the perimeter. The othwer two crashed elsewhere. A stubby dangerous looking lump of a kite. Navy owned, I think. Paddy Egan

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