MiG Alley
2nd August 1950 - F-51 Interdiction Mission
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Lined up for take-off.
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Just after take-off and no longer lined up !!!
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I finally caught up with the flight and was struggling to formate.
Naturally the FAC chose this moment to tell us to test our guns !
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No - that's not the napalm I dropped !
There's mine - missed totally.
On the second pass the flight leader asked for rockets.
This time I was better able to follow the other aircraft in and the smoke from their rocket
attacks made setting up the strafe easier. I still don't think I hit anything - it's difficult!
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