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- E_Matthews
- People in story:Ìý
- Ernest Matthews
- Location of story:Ìý
- RAF Longhart, Nottinghamshire
- Background to story:Ìý
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:Ìý
- A8715161
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 21 January 2006
It was 1943 and I was sitting outside the hanger, having got a cup of tea from the NAFFI and a ‘wad’ (a slab of cake).
An aircraft came down and shot up the runway. I saw no propeller; it was the first Jet we had ever seen. We later found out it came from an experimental station nearby were they experimenting with engines.
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