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The strange case of Sgt. Paul Meyer.

Posted: 18 Apr 2018, 06:07
by Paul K
The U.S. Air Force mechanic who stole a C-130:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43800089

I have a vague memory of this event, as RAF Mildenhall is not far from RAF Watton, where I was living at the time. And it wasn't the first time a large aircraft had been flown away by a member of the ground crew. Read on...

By the way, for those across the waters, East Anglia ( referred to in the opening paragraph ) is a collective term for the counties on the eastern side of England, north of London - Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire etc. Anglo-Saxon in origin.

Re: The strange case of Sgt. Paul Meyer.

Posted: 18 Apr 2018, 16:38
by patful
Ugh...wish I hadn't read that without putting on my tinfoil hat first. I knew at some point somebody would say we shot him down.