I had a navigator in the RAF who had previously served on voice shouting Daks during the Malayan emergency.
Much of the cabin was taken up with amplifiers and other gear associated with the task. The loudspeakers were fixed under the fuselage.
It was, apparently, mostly a boring exercise, just flying around the areas the spooks gave them broadcasting taped messages imploring the terrorists to give themselves up.
There were occasional trips when a touch of levity would brighten their day.
On one occasion they had to drop a parcel to an army patrol deep in the jungle; the rendezvous point was a distinctive bend in a river.
As they approached from downstream they saw a herd of elephants having a drink in the river just below the bend and out of sight from the army guys.
They switched on the loudspeakers and with a mic shouted "
SHHUSH SHHUSH” and chased the elephants round the corner scattering the soldiers.
On another occasion they were returning to base in the evening, and it was obvious that they would not make dinner closing time, so once again the mic was used and from the sky as they approached the circuit came a booming voice “
FOUR LATE DINNERS AT THE OFFICERS MESS”.
