Bizarre Postings
Back in the days of the big air force, when we had enough squadrons and aircraft types to get the job done by midday Friday and every weekend was a long'un, there were a number of quiet backwaters where one could relax a little further still.
I'm sure we've all heard about engine fitters getting posted to glider squadrons but I've just recalled a number of even stranger postings. A regular posting for airframe riggers was Headley Court, (I think this was to the south of London in Surrey), where their expertise was put to use making prosthetic limbs.
But stranger still I recall one airframe chum posted to Headley Court to make model aeroplanes for use in recruitment office windows. He even had to attend a "build off" to beat other applicants.
How bizarre is that? Can anyone beat this?