Brakedwell:
Actually, I believe the Dakota sailed back to UK without a single problem.
As already mentioned, I rescued Dick Barton when I flew a spare engine to Jeddah from Bahrain (he had landed there on two engines).
One of the other Beverleys went through a Cb full of frozen golfballs and got quite badly dented but eventually made it to El Adem.
I think the other one was intercepted by Egyptian MIGs and was actually shot at until ATC sorted out their diplomatic clearance paperwork.