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Jagan
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I will settle for a vultee vengeance in a river bed:D

The spitfire had to pick an unfortunate time to turn up in the river bed. “Operation Parakram” was on (Another eye to eye confrontatino with our neighbours) and there was a Missile Squadron nearby (stationed temporarily). The Missile squadron chaps went to pulling it out with hammer and tongs 🙂

if the mobilisation was not there, they would probalby have sent in a technical team and hopefullly they may have extracted it in one piece – instead of the three