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Operational Search and Rescue

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The great thing about search and

but you actually fly operational

So you're out there for real

and occasionally

and you fly to operational levels,

"What were your weather limits when

Well there were

You only, you only, turned

it was beyond the capability

because if you, if they called

to somebody in difficulty,

then probably nobody else was

You're probably

you know especially

who'd managed to put their

If you didn't

then, then they were

and probably by the time

they could well be dead.

So you're a lifeline and

I think all RAF squadrons,

So you made your

so that when you actually

later in the day

your real rescue would often

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