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The second contribution to our new series "When I was on XI" comes from
Tony Blackman. Tony served on XI from 1951-1954 at Wunstorf as a Vampire FB5 and Venom pilot.
He has kindly allowed us to reproduce chapter 2 of his book concerning his time on XI;
" Tony Blackman Test Pilot" ISBN 978-1-906502-28-7 www.blackmanbooks.co.uk
http://www.blackmanbooks.co.uk/tonyblackman_tp.asp
Link to Chapter by clicking on this pdf link
First episode was contributed by Nick Lee - ../When I was on XI Sqn.html