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    THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING

    John Nicholls a retired Royal Air Force navigator who was shot down in Tornado ZD791 which was critically damaged by a shoulder-launched SAM SA-14, Nichol and his pilot, John Peters, were captured by Iraqi forces.
    He flies here in the English Electric Lightning in South Africa. What a brilliant machine ahead of its time:

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    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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