Sounds to me like one or two of these stories have been embellished
North Sea, Night Pairs PI .sortie .tick...
Playmate goes inop shortly after you’ve come off the tanker and toddles off home...tick...
Boss wants hours...tick, yawn...starts singing “Wing Commanders AFC ..”
So.... I would like to belatedly thank the crews of the Britannia 737 and a USAF Nightingale, otherwise it would have been a heck of a long night.....