at the moment. i was sat in the main tank deck, watching the cranei operator who was shifting - equipment and the look of pure horror on the crane operator s face and he leapt out - of the crane. instantly, things went - into slow motion and i saw an aircraft fire - fire above the hatch, and you could tell. that s not a harrier it looks like a skyhawk. bang and then whoosh. i must ve been picked up and thrown about 10 15 foot. bang, the ship got hit. i got hit in the chest with a forklift truck. i fell over, got knocked out. the ship lit up. pure brilliant white. a light went off - you could feel a whoosh and the heat. running into the tank deck, i was immediately picked up and then thrown back out the way i came. the smoke, the chaos. panic struck in. we ended up in a pile of men in the corner
battalion headquarters on this motorcycle, cross country. just before we got there, straight over the top of us were five aircraft flew over us. there s been a call gone out, red, red, red, and then you see skyhawks looping across the sky and suddenly, everybody s shooting at these skyhawks and i m aiming at the pilot, pumping rounds through, and he goes directly overhead probably not much higher than the ceiling at the moment. i was sat in the main tank deck, watching the crane operator- who was shifting equipment and the look of pure horrori on the crane operator s face i and he leapt out of the crane. instantly, things went into slow l motion and i saw an aircraft fire fire above the hatch, and you could tell. that s not a harrier i it looks like a skyhawk. bang and then whoosh. i must ve been picked up and thrown about 10 15 foot. bang, the ship got hit. i got hit in the chest with a forklift truck. i fell over, got knocked out. the ship lit up. pure brilliant white.
a light went off you could feel a whoosh and the heat. - running into the tank deck, i was immediately picked up and then thrown back up the way i came. the smoke, the chaos. panic struck in. we ended up in a pile of men in the corner of this foot well. the boys at the bottom of the pile were fine, i was in the middle, and the boys at the top were much more burnt as such, yeah. i took a couple of gulps of fresh air, had a look. where s steve jones? hmm. went back in, he s under the bloody ship s door. took five of us to lift the bloody door off, got him out. i was about approximately with 20 other men then and i was in the middle of this corridor. we had to crouch down because of the smoke. the water through the broken pipes is on the floor. it was probably the most scariest
a whoosh and the heat. - running into the tank deck, i was immediately picked up and then thrown back up the way i came. the smoke, the chaos. panic struck in. we ended up in a pile of men in the corner of this foot well. the boys at the bottom of the pile were fine, i was in the middle, and the boys at the top were much more burnt as such, yeah. it took a couple of gulps of fresh air, had a look. where s steve jones? hmm. went back in, he s under the bloody ship s door. took five of us to lift the bloody door off, got him out. i was about approximately with 20 other men then and i was in the middle of this corridor. we had to crouch down because of the smoke. the water through the broken pipes is on the floor. it was probably the most scariest bit that i ve been at. the thought was, which way do you want to die? that seriously was your decision. were you going to shoot yourself? then, you were thinking, how
everyone is shooting at the skyhawks and i am pumping rounds through and he goes directly overhead, probably not much higher than the ceiling of the moment. i much higher than the ceiling of the moment. the moment. i was sat in the main tank the moment. i was sat in the main tank watching - the moment. i was sat in the main tank watching the - the moment. i was sat in the| main tank watching the crane operator main tank watching the crane operator shifting the equipment and the operator shifting the equipment and the look of pure horror on the crane and the look of pure horror on the crane operator s face and he left the crane operator s face and he left out of the crane, and instantty he left out of the crane, and instantly everything went into stow instantly everything went into slow motion and i saw an egg craft slow motion and i saw an egg craft fire slow motion and i saw an egg craft fire above the hatch and you could craft fire above the hatch and you could tell