Typhoon 1 also awarded himself his own clearance with his "Finals, gear down, land" call. The 3 other Typhoons made correct 'finals' calls and the weird ATC calls are already covered extensively.
Coming from a couple of types that routinely flew night low-level and on NVGs (including ones that did auto-detach on ejection - some 20+ years ago), the idea of pitching-up in a night pattern with 3 pairs of aircraft, all with different intentions, and hoping to sort it all out visually still looks barking mad. Recoveries at night should be planned and de-conflicted. Perhaps MIDS / L16 has papered-over some basic aviation skills.
As a final point - 1nm radar trail in a visual circuit is neither radar trail nor a visual circuit.