Well, none of us are getting any younger but I had it in my mind that one of the David Shephard paintings was the famous one of the 84 Sqn Beverley landing at Dhala with all the sand coming up as it went into reverse.
I keep thinking of Eastleigh, Nairobi for the other one. Was it of Venoms?
No doubt all of these treasures and their disposal were very well documented in properly authorised records and their current location should easily be given under the Freedom of Information Act.
I wish you luck.
I have tried for years, unsuccessfully, to find the 267 Squadron scrapbook that I made when I was the squadron historian and I would simply love to know where the 53 Squadron mess silver is?
To obfuscate:
To darken, obscure, stupefy or bewilder.