A mate was once on exchange on the AV-8 with the USMC.
You sure have a lot of mates, all johnny on the spot with Yank stories.
Over here we call them tall tales.
I only knew one Brit exchange pilot. He was nice enough to park a F18 in the warning area off Kaneohe Bay. When the aviators went to the carrier he had to sit in the squadron all by his lonesome.