What a cracking video! I never served on the kipper fleet but I watched this with growing nostalgia.
Mike Duguid (the S Eng O) was a couple of entries senior to me at the College of Knowledge. Also, when I was stationed at Finningley in 1975 (Eng Wg), my room in the mess was next to a mad Irish Nav stude who was posted up North onto 8 Sqn. Sadly I can't remember his name but I remember how chuffed he was with the posting.
The fleeting glimpse of the guest night at Lossie triggered so many memories of similar functions in RAF messes all over the world.
The RAF had style and I think it still does. It has always had an ingrained ability to shine in the face of adversity.
Rgds SOS