Re post 17
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^this^^^^^^^^^^
A colleague and myself once spent 3 days getting to Suda Bay via RAF AT, all we had to eat were some croissants and blagged mini mars/marathon bars from a fuel stop.
No card/money from home base.
The AT crew eventually felt sorry for us and quite literally gave us their burnt/wasted rations from their own galley.
And I'm not making this up.