Originally Posted by
langleybaston
My National service Met.observer airmen in Nicosia 1961 had no rain protection other than "Deficiency Chits". It never rained but it poured. Sometimes forecast ...........
I was issued with a deficiency chit in lieu of a monsoon cape when posted to Kuching in '64 - it wasn't even in a plastic bag!
It often rained somewhat (and still does) in Borneo. Monsoon cape never arrived!