Originally Posted by
denachtenmai
Same at Wyton in the 60's, had to wear a pass limiting access to certain areas.
SOP at JHQ Rheindahlen with empires within empires, ARRC, all sorts, difficult to keep up .......
a Civilian Met Officer holding an RAFR commission [eg as ARCC S Met O or as Mobile Met Unit] had to hold and carry at least four passes:
MOD Civilian attached RAF [not needed in practice]
JHQ, annotated and coloured for the entrance to be used
RAF ID
ARCC ID
The system relied heavily on snowdrops and redcaps and others to enforce, and accidents happened. A colleague with a blue [RAF entrance] pass accidentally swapped passes with his wife at breakfast [red, army entrance]] and they both swanned around for the morning. A hasty phone call and they met furtively in Leystrasse to swap.