<<Many years ago, at an airport in the Med where the ATC was run by the RAF>>
OK.. many years ago, at an airport near the Med, run by *** (Brit ex-pats) a BOAC flight approacheth..... There was no response on the R/T so the aeroplane went through the radio failure nause... landed... and the Captain proceeded to the ATC facility, where he found the guys asleep... so he duly signed "On Watch".
The resulting furore next day when SATCO did his rounds and read the log was legendary...
(This is a 3rd hand story so probably bears little resemblance to the truth).