One of the DIOT Squadrons at Cranwell (either 'A' or 'C', can't remember) has a red horse-drawn fire cart as a 'mascot' which has to be trundled about to various exercises as part of the traditional IOT ******ation factor.
Anyway, one morning, inter-Sqn sports day, fire-cart is to be taken along. The cadets detailed to collect aforementioned mascot arrive at its parking bay to find it missing. Cue frantic search around DIOT car park before a ransom note from 'B' Sqn is found explaining that the cart is now in fact on holiday at Akrotiri in Cyprus having been stolen and loaded into a C130 the night before.
I've no idea how they got it back...
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