I remember an excellent Dining In Night at HQ 11 Gp Bentley Priory back in 1982 when the Guest of Honour was Mr Seed. Great character, the story of the pork pies from JEngo fits in with his speech. His intention was to provide beer & pies for the ground crew.
That evening he explained that the trophy had been owned by a good friend of his. He had always said to his friend that if he ever thought about getting rid of the trophy could he have first option to own it.
When his friend died the family offered it to him. He subsequently approached the RAF about donating a trophy and it was decided to accept it as an air to air gunnery trophy. I think the occassion for the dinner was to make up for the fact that the trophy had not been awarded that year.