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Saddam you plonker!!

Posted by Elliott on Tue Jul 08, 2003 02:34:33 PM

In reply top Time for a light hearted Iraqi Fury story? posted by PeterA on Tue Jul 08, 2003 02:14:47 PM

One thing we never managed to flog to the iraqis was the reliant robin....

So Peter, what happened in the end with the mission to spring the furies? It's a bit before my time i'm afraid ;)





: In the early 1970?s, following an initial inspection I and
: Canadian Don Plumb made of the German Seafury aircraft in
: Cologne, Don teamed up with fellow Spitfire owner Max Hof
: fman in a bid to spring the Iraqi Furies. Using the Miles
: Dufon connection at Shoreham, who had supplied spares, th
: ey duly trotted off to Bagdad in an attempt to ?do the bus
: iness?.
: Max was extremely suspicious of their reception at the air
: port and was convinced they were being followed and were u
: nder surveillance. On arrival at their hotel he started
: to check for hidden microphones and sure enough ?Eureka?,
: there it was under a large loose rug in the middle of the
: room - a brass embossment. Reaching for his penknife he
: duly undid the three screws holding the ?microphone?......
: and the chandelier in the room below fell to the floor!!
: This of course was all pre Tallichet/Jurist and, for that
: matter for UK readers, the TV programme ?Only fools and ho
: rses?.

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