Originally Posted by
bingofuel
I have a vague recollection of a story which was either Khormaksar or El Adem, about the last RAF aircraft to leave on withdrawal from the base. The story was along the lines of the RAF Short Belfast was last to leave, all loaded apart from the ATC portable radar/ unit which allegedly gave departure clearance, then drove up the rear ramp, closed up and so they left as the last aircraft movement.
Can anyone help with my aged memory?
As one who was on one of the last few Belfast flights out of El Adem, the story is fairly close to the truth.
There are still a few Belfast drivers on this forum who could throw more light on the matter, including that of ensuring that the "airfield" was "left" exactly in the state we found it.
IG