At the time, Brize Tanker Plans had just obtained, at my suggestion, a wide band receiver which was used both for monitoring trail departures and station comsec. The late Lord Percy of the Navbags agreed to me borrowing it over the weekend to program in the relevant frequencies for scanning. I was surprised at the volume of RT traffic on Fairford's frequencies, because at the time there was an agreement that they didn't normally fly at weekends. I mentioned it when I returned the radio on Monday, but Geoff had no idea why Fairford had been so active - or if he did know, he kept shtum!
Dozing the morning after the raid, I was even more surprised at the sound of so many jet engines, but it was only after turning on the TV that I heard what had happened!