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:cry: RIP Brian http://audioboo.fm/boos/241179-brian-hanrahan-i-counted-them-out
Ninja_Stoker said:RIP, a sad loss.
Pity the BBC are reporting that he famously broacast counting the RAF Harriers as they returned from a bombing mission.
:roll: :roll: 801 SQDN had 20 pilots 2 were RAF Have all the names at hand... maybe someone has the headcount for 800Sqdn????superpom said:Ninja_Stoker said:RIP, a sad loss.
Pity the BBC are reporting that he famously broacast counting the RAF Harriers as they returned from a bombing mission.
Why? .... other than the fact they were not all RAF (if memory serves - was a few years ago now.)
Spidiver said:but after a few CSB's he'd lost interest. He was a nice guy.
superpom said:Ninja_Stoker said:RIP, a sad loss.
Pity the BBC are reporting that he famously broadcast counting the RAF Harriers as they returned from a bombing mission.
Why? .... other than the fact they were not all RAF (if memory serves - was a few years ago now.)
scouse said::roll: :roll: 801 SQDN had 20 pilots 2 were RAF Have all the names at hand... maybe someone has the headcount for 800Sqdn????superpom said:Ninja_Stoker said:RIP, a sad loss.
Pity the BBC are reporting that he famously broacast counting the RAF Harriers as they returned from a bombing mission.
Why? .... other than the fact they were not all RAF (if memory serves - was a few years ago now.)
Ninja_Stoker said:My point is simply that the BBC are not remotely accurate on the occasion of the passing away of one of their most respected & indeed accurate of reporters.
For those of us that were in the same task force, it is important, to others perhaps not.
slim said:I've just finished the book "Don't cry for me Sgt Major" Hanrahan according to the journos who wrote the book was a self seeking journo who promised to send back stories for other embedded reporters and failed to do so. Thus ensuring he had the scoop.
Reading the book he was hated in Fleet Street and reported the war from the only from safe positions.
Before reading the book I thought he was a top class journalist, by the end of the book these impressions had been shattered.
I would recommend reading the book for anyone who served at the time of the Falklands, it brings back memories most of which are not very pleasant.