Yes!!, it was Buccs, (not Lights), & Phants coming in behind our heads over the cliffs and strafing the rafts out to sea. Very spectacular for an 11 yr old!!, & having a bloody big grin on my face. Much to the amusement of my Dad.
Would I be correct in saying that you had to go through a tunnel to get to the beach at Happy Valley?
ps My Dad also told me a story of a Lightning letting off a full magazine, unintentionally, across Ladies Mile or close to whilst on the pan. Or was it a Canberra? ('71 or '72)