SFFP
I realise how much you enjoy your little digs at JP, but you really should get your head around the fact that recognised procedures were much different in the early 50's. They had been evolved from hard earned experience since 1939 to facilitate the completion of the mission in the face of enemy operations involving aircraft with a much superior performance. Bear in mind that in July 1953 no fewer than 216 Meteor F.8s flew in the Coronation Review at RAF Odiham - an aircraft that 77Sqn RAAF had found wanting against Mig 15 opposition in Korea 2 years earlier. De Havilland Hornets were not replaced in the Far East (45 Sqn) until June 1955.
When I was operating in the big sand pit (that todays generation of aircrew is learning to love so well) back in the 60's there was a hached line on the map corresponding to somewhere around 30 - 40 NM from the coast which bore the legend "end of reliable relief information". Would you care to inform me what our Safety Altitude was if we were forced to climb?