Westie - I'm sure that our ancestors were very grateful for the "Oversexed, overpaid and over here" folk in WW2. Far better than ending up "Undersexed, underpaid and under Hitler" which is what might have happened had all those brave guys not been here to help kick Nazi ass........
The Buff at Blackbushe incident was a screw up - but the only real damage was to the crew's pride. Whereas the Jag incident was very nearly fatal and I cannot find anything to forgive in it.
And anyone who launches off to Miramar (guess that was back in 'Fightertown' days?) without having read the brief very carefully deserves little sympathy. Same goes for entry procedures for places like China Lake.
Mind you, being instructed to park our 4-jet "On the quarterdeck" at Miramar did have us guessing back in the mid-'80s!
As for 'Nimrod', the name comes from the 'Mighty Hunter' of classic legend. It was chosen for the aircraft due to its principal role as a submarine hunter. And you lot pinched the name 'Viking' for your sub hunter from us - although our Viking was a chubby little twin prop airliner of the early '50s
