I recall the last diplay day at Binbrook - VERY wet. Somewhere I have a photo of I++ B++++ doing about M.98 in the rain - and the shock waves on nose and canopy clearly visible. A few months earlier there was a retirement bash at Neatishead for OC Ops, the only Branch commissioned wg cdr in the RAF ISTR (John ????). Lightning was due to fly over -"Where are you ?" asked the Neatishead controller. "Pulling up between the twoers NOW" came the reply. Trouble was he was at Bacton Gas Terminal