Back in 1960/61 my father was stationed at the APS on the Island of Sylt in Northern Germany. At the time I was fourteen years old and those of us old enough went to boarding school at Wilhemshaven ( in the buildings of the old U-boat base, but that is another story) During the holidays we would spend much of our time in the station gym. On one occasion we saw an all black Canberra. Some years ago when a book came out about post war surveilance flights close to and over the USSR I mentioned it to dad and reminded him of the Canberra. His response was " Yes - what you didn't see because it was pushed into a hangar so quickly, were the row of bullet holes in the fin!.
I later played football for 88Sqdn, (B(I)8's) and have been working alongside the PR9 that is being made ready for flight at Kemble. If you are interest in including a bit on this restoration in your book do send a PM and I will put you in touch with the project leader