QRA at Waddo 64
Obviously, Q at Waddo was located on the pans nearest to the aircrew feeder ....by necessity. (Back of Ops Block) 🍳😆
At the time, many of my 'short holiday breaks' with my mate Micky Finn, we were accommodated in portakabin type sheds alongside the ORP. Quite noisy!
At Waddo I saw the ORPs used several times for practice or demo scrambles as my section was overlooking the end of the runway. but perhaps my most memorable was the filming of Thunderball when, IIRC, the systems trainer next to us was also full of Luvvies for a week....
I will never forget those somber tones coming out of the tannoy at some ungodly hour...
"THIS IS THE BOMBER CONTROLLER......."
Spooky even now. 🙉
(Recommended further reading for the over sixties - The Secret State.)