Originally Posted by
langleybaston
I can confirm the RAF "We have no plan" scenario from an oblique source.
C Met O HQSTC rang me [I was P Met O 1 Group Bawtry]. "The bastards have invaded the Falklands!"
Me: "What are my orders sir [or some such humble stance]?"
C Met O: "Nobody appears to have a plan. Just stay near the phone".
With the best will in the world LB, but 42 Sqn deployed to Ascension, not on the spur of the moment, but to an operating base with which they were acquainted and visited on a regular basis. There may have been no contingency to retake the Falklands but there were plans in place to operate in the South Atlantic and it was some of these that were activated. I doubt that the C Met O would have been aware of any relevant contingency plans, other than in the broadest terms.
YS