216 might be 'Two Sixteen' to people on the squadron, but to most others it was often 'Twenty one and sixpence'. Or even 'Guinea and Tanner'. That's 21s 6d or 21/6 for those who remember good old pre-1971 £ s d. Just as 111 or 'Treble One' was often 'One eleven' to other F-4 squadrons - and 617 was 'Six Seventeenth Bombardment Squadron' or 'One raid, one dead dog' squadron to real bomber squadrons...
...a doctor and nurse with all the requisite kit in adjacent seats.
Ahhh, ooh yes. Some of those aeromed sisters did indeed have 'all the requisite kit'.....
