Someone asked about Sharjah. The old airfield at Sharjah doesn't exist now. It's now covered by buildings and a motorway junction so it can't bee seen on Google earth. The new Sharjah airport is a few miles away from the old one.
Have only just discovered this thread. When I was posted (as an SAC Telegraphist) to RAF Sharjah in 1963 I travelled from Bahrain to Sharjah in a Beverley and on tourex (12 months later) went back to Bahrain in a Beverley. As a passenger the hardest bit was clambering up the ladder inside the freight deck to get onto the top deck whilst still clinging onto your RAF holdall.
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Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney