Re-reading this thread triggered a forgotten previous Air Attache experience. While I was on my first ops tour in Aden, I was detached to RAF Mauripur to crew the Karachi AA's Anson. I was there for 6 weeks, living in the Mess and doing absolutely nothing. I vaguely remember turning up at an airfield office at some point, but I never saw the Anson, never mind flew in it! A fascinating introduction to that part of the world ,in particular, "Fish Corner", the post-partition refugee 'camp' on the mud flats outside Karachi and the comparison with the most luxurious cinema I have ever been to, in the city. A real eye-opener on a different world.