W'kew, afraid you've been had old son. I would check the credentials of your 'source', it's not unknown for anyone to claim to be aircrew and come up with the most outlandish stories.
eg:- Many years ago a friend of mine was in hospital. In the same ward was a young man who kept telling the nurses he was a fighter pilot, own plane etc etc---in reality he was a liney on JPs.
That said, from Gutersloh we did have some interesting incidents on the IGB, some good fun as well.