It was only after a RN Wasp with an Admiral in full formal gear who organised the convoy of hire cars etc to 8 mile beach with the Paras (UN in still wet paint on the side of their Ferrets) + Marines etc for our Helo trip onto HMS Hermes, that we found out that the guys from Akrotiri were flying CAP.
Alwayzinit - I suspect that the guy to whom you refer was actually a four stripe Captain at the time, but dressed precisely as you say as he strode along the jetty at Kyrenia knocking Turkish soldiers out of the way with his silver-headed Malacca cane! He had only been in command of ANDROMEDA and the 6th (?) Frigate Squadron for about two days when, instead of turning left out of Grand Harbour Malta to sail back to UK for refit, she turned right and headed for Kyrenia - the good news is that he was awarded the CBE for that operation and did go on to become a Vice Admiral - one of the very good guys too.
For an even more significant
Military Aircrew connection have a look at
Captain Ian McKechnie - Herald Scotland | Sport | SPL | Aberdeen , which is sadly the ANDROMEDA's Flight Commander's subsequent obituary, and read and respect the part he and his Wasp played in the Cyprus operation, as well as how he became a member of the Caterpillar Club as a Sea Vixen pilot.
Jack