Thing,
I worked on 74 Sqn during the early days on the F4J. Had a Welsh WO in charge of the engineers. He was a terrific Sqn WO, right out of the old school. Hard, but fair and got the job done.
Zoom,
You bet! He had the benefit of having a 'slave' of the comms installed in his office, so he could monitor his flock! First sign of trouble (almost daily at Wattisham) in he came. I remember one of the 56 Sqn jets coming back with a 'v' serious emergency. I think the pilot was GH. I understood that when he got back, he got a big pat on the back but was told that he should have thrown the jet away. My memory could be playing tricks on me, but thats how it comes back to me. I may be wrong and I'm sure someone will enlighten me. Beag's are you there?
WJMcP