Been involved in a number of events, where we have scrounged the local area for a burner for the Mess. Then at the appointed hour set fire to it. All good fun.
But.
Can any one shed any light as to why and how this custom came about? Yes I know our brown and dark blue brethren will claim we light blue have not been around long enough for tradition, we only have bad habits, but it is a serious question. Did the RAF "invent" this, or adapt it from the Army, Royal Navy or from else where?