Could you not start a rumour to the effect that the worlds nastiest supermarket group wish to buy it up as a central distribution depot. Lorries running in and out 24/7

This thread makes very sad reading, there are some nasty bits of work out there who should crawl back under their slimy stones ASAP

Some bold, possibly foolhardy, people about. BUT we have all done stupid things.
This thread has reminded me of two incidents
First, my over eager pilot started both Derwents together on a night scramble. The resultant “wet start” was something else, we were parked on sand off the runway and the twin 40 foot jet of flame and sand was quite a sight, not to mention the roar.
Second and not funny, when we had just changed from the Mosquito, our armourer sergeant walked round the back of an engine. This of course had been the right thing to do with the Mossie, but the poor bloke was bowled over and blown up against the barbed wire fence. He was not seriously hurt, some bad scratches and a very serious case of sunburn.

Andy further up the column used the old fashioned term “common sense”. I long ago uttered the exasperated phrase, “The more letters a man has after his name, the less common sense he has”. Now, that even clerks have to have a degree, the full force of that is becoming evident. This country has HAD It in a big way, roll on the revolution.

Strange that 39 and 13 are the first to have the Reaper. They were together at Kabrit in the Suez Canal Zone, when 13 were first equipped with the Mosquito PR 34 followed by the Meteor PR 10. 39 were a night fighter unit with the Mosquito NF 36 followed by the Meteor NF 13.

39 took its NF 13s to Nicosia early 1955 when we scuttled out of Egypt and were disbanded in June 1958 at Luqa. 69 squadron with the Canberra PR 3, were renumbered 39 at that time.

Again all taken from Ken Delves book and a little from my failing memory.

39 never served with Bomber Command, they were a permanent overseas unit, mainly Middle East. Did not return to UK until based at Wyton in 1970,as a PR unit, and from there they were disbanded in 1982.
Courtesy of “The Winged Bomb” by Ken Delve, ISBN 0 904597 56 3

I was just wondering what else you were trying to talk her into, Moggy