Inspecting the hardened aircraft shelters they had bombed, almost identical to the ones housing his own squadron of Tornados back at RAF Laarbruch, was a revelation to Broadbent. ‘The damage was nothing short of devastating. We had fitted our LGBs with post-impact delay fuses so that they would penetrate the roof of the HAS before exploding inside. The blast of a 1,000lb bomb in a confined space was enough to utterly destroy the contents of the HAS and often blow off the giant steel – supposedly blast-proof – doors. It must have been absolutely terrifying to be on the receiving end of our
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