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Hard work for some! Disarmimg a Venom at the end of a detachment to Thorn Hill, Rhodesia in 1959 (Pete McLeland)
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Re-arming a Venom was more complicated than on the Hunter, as the rounds were loaded into the ammunition bays by hand (Pete McLeland)
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An NCO supervises the loading of an ammunition belt into the starboard ammunition bay (Pete McLeland)
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No time to lose as the groundcrew prepare a Venom for its next sortie (Pete McLeland)
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Three armourers prepare to install a gunpack into an FGA.9 at Khormaksar in 1963. (Jim Cargill)
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All the paraphernalia of a gunpack change on lies spread on the pan around XF431-L at Khormaksar in 1963 (Les Dunnett)
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Two FGA.9s are refuelled from civilian bowsers at Bahrain ready for another sortie in 1963 (Jim Cargill)
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'Doughy' Baker is caught on camera as he walks round a bowser at Bahrain in 1962 (Les Dunnett)
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The tatty marquee that provide much needed shade for first line groundcrew at Bahrain in 1962 (Les Dunnett)
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Al Hudson, 'Doughy' Baker and Les Dunnett seen during a serious discussion in the line tent, Bahrain 1962 (Les Dunnett)
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208 Squadron groundcrew spot their aircraft approaching Sharjah after their session on the Jeb-a-Jib range in 1963 (Les Dunnett)
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Les Dunnett drives the Hunter 'tug' across the bondu at Sharjah in 1963 (Les Dunnett)
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The Operations Hut at Sharjah with the pack-up kits boxed and ready for the Squadron's return to Bahrain (Les Dunnett)
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Their detachment over, 208 Squadron personnel board Britannia, XM498, at Bahrian for the 1,300-mile flight down to Khormaksar (Les Dunnett)
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A Victor B.1 beats up the 208 Sqn Hunter pan on arrival at Khormaksar on a lone ranger exercise from the UK (Peter Lewis)
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