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Old 23rd September 2010, 16:54
egdirdle egdirdle is offline
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Thunder Jets and Shooting Stars

When WWII was over we lived near Margate in Kent and being young lads used to go to Manston aerodrome and watch the American Shooting Stars and Thunder Jets taking off three abreast. We had only had a glimpse of our Gloster Meteor, but not from Manston I don’t think.
It was of course prior to the beginning of the Korean War when the Russian Mig 15’s and the American jets began to joust in earnest. A bit of a tussle by all accounts.
It was the first time that we had seen the new 'Jets'. Anyone else had this sort of experience?
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