It was March 6,1958.1 was a 25-year-old navigator/ observer with 35 Squadron flying with my usual crew -pilot Fit Lt Arthur Desmond 'Kiwi' Ashworth from New Zealand and nav plotter Fg Off Brian Dockar - in Canberra B.2 WK125. At the time I was a flying officer and we were on detachment to RAF Luqa in Malta from our home base at Upwood, Cambridgeshire. That day we had been authorised for a dayight bombing sortie on the range near RAF El Adem across the Mediterranean Sea in Libya. After dropping eight visual practice bombs that morning, we landed for a meal and to relax before preparing for the nocturnal exercise. Suitably fed and refreshed, we launched after dark and released another eight smoke/ flash rounds before heading back to Luqa - about 600 miles (966km) to the northwest. Having been lying prone in the nose dropping the 'bombs', I climbed back into my ejection seat as Kiwi turned for home.
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机译：它是3月6,958.1是一个25岁的导航员/观察者，35个中队飞行，我的常规船员-Pilot Fit Lt arthur's Kiwi'Ashworth来自新西兰和纳米博罗特FG Brian Dockar - 堪培拉B.2 WK125。当时我是一名飞行官，我们在剑桥霍姆伍德的家庭基地队在马耳他队伍队伍。那天我们被授权在利比亚地中海的Raf El Adem附近的范围内获得了一天/夜间轰炸。当早晨放弃八个视觉练习炸弹后，我们在准备夜间运动之前降落了一顿饭并放松身心。我们在黑暗之后推出和刷新，并在返回Luqa返回Luqa（966公里）前释放另外八个烟雾/闪光圆。一直躺在鼻子上摇晃着“炸弹”，我爬回我的喷射座位，因为猕猴桃转过身来。
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