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- If it ain't bust... don't fix it.
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- Mid 1945 in the RAF RADAR BULLETIN there appeared the following ditty. Its
- message is still valid 47 years later !!
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- There is a good lesson to be learned from some unknown bard around 1945.
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- THE LAST POSTING.
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- "Lor love a duck," said the mech, "that's done it!
- Just me alone with the gear to run it,
- * The TO's off on an admin course,
- * The WO's posted to Stoke Holy Cross,
- Corporal Plum is in dock with the measles,--
- No one to give me a hand with the Diesels!
- We had two Canadians, but ain't that a laugh,
- * Last Friday they posted them to Second TAF.
- No more mechanical personnel
- Left on the station. Ain't war Hell!
- Saw the CO and he's rung up Wing,
- All of them say that they can't do a thing.
- They blame it all on to Records, Gloucester.
- Looks like I go on a one watch roster!"
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- He beats on his breast and rages at Fate
- Till a signal comes--"You're posted, Mate."
- Posted! The very last mechanic!
- None on the station---bags of panic--!
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- Nobody ventured to touch the set,
- But it went all right, and it's going yet,
- Just as it did in the days before
- When it had maintenance galore.
- So if they post every Mech from your station
- Don't let it fill you with consternation,
- Don't be downhearted, never moan,
- Just leave the God-darn stuff alone!
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- **** TO = Technical Officer
- WO = Warrant Officer
- TAF = Tactical Air Force. (Europe.)
- Mech = Radar Mechanic
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- 73 De Denis G0KIU @ GB7BAD
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