[Canberra Man]

We were on a six month detachment in Malaya with the Canberra B6. They had been on a bombing mission and were being marshalled back in to the dispersal. I signalled mine to turn in to the pan and brought him to a stop and open bomb doors with an armourer standing by in case of a hang up. There were no hang ups, oh no! Far worse. As the bomb doors opened a thousand pounder forced its way through the gap and crunched down on to the tarmac. The ground crew didn't know which way to run and how fast when we realised the bomb hadn't fallen far enough to arm. The aircrew must have wondered what was happening with everybody in small groups counting their worry beads! Panic over for the day.

Ken
Canberra man