Canberra Man
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We are in Malaya at RAF Butterworth, the Canberra's have been on a mission against the terrs and are returning. They are coming round the peri/track and I pick mine out and signal him to turn into the pan. Signal to stop and open bomb doors with an armourer standing by in case of a hang up. No hang up, worse, as the bomb doors open, a thousand pound bomb squeezes through the gap and crunches onto the tarmac. We didn't know wether to throw ourselves down or run and then we realised it hadn't fallen far enough to arm. The air crew must have wondered what was wrong with the ground crew in groups counting their worry beads. Fun over for the day!
Ken.
Ken.