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‘SCRAMBLED FOR BOGIES’ AN INCIDENT AT RAF SEK KONG

As a young man, Michael Forrest (1931-2018) spent 20 years as a fighter pilot flying Vampire, Meteor and Javelin jet aircraft for the RAF in Europe and the Far East. The strangest experience of his entire life happened in 1954 when he was based at RAF Sek Kong near Hong Kong.

The task given to 28 Squadron was air defence of the British territory against the

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