"Wittering Pan Anyface, suspected engine failure No 3 engine request PAR to land."
"Anyface roger, vector . . . ,
"Anyface do you have civvies on board?"
"?, negative."
"Anyface you will not be allowed in the Officers' Mess and will need hotel accommodation down town. What is your POB?"
"Wittering, request handover to Cottesmore."
And that is absolutely true.
At Cottesmore we were allowed in the Mess but told we would have to eat in a separate room and use a scruffs bar in one of the wings. Instead we joined the Germans in one corner of the bar where they were also in flying suits.