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- Silver Surfers
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- frederic orton
- Location of story:听
- canada
- Background to story:听
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:听
- A1116695
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- 21 July 2003
We were on an advanced navigation course at No. 3 Air Navigation Course, at Portage La Prarie. It was during the tail end of winter when i was required to fly in an Avro Anson Mk 5 as the !st, Navigator for the first time.
The Anson was of pre. war design and was at full stretch during the Canadian winter.
I little realised that i was about to have my first baptism of snow. It was not long after take-off that the aircraft was completely covered in snow and we were `blacked-out'.
Map-reading was out of the question so i had to rely solely on D. R. navigation and radio bearings. Much to my amazement we returned,after an eventful flight,to base on E,T,A.. My subsequent flights on Wellingtons and Mosquitoes were no more memorable.
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