As one who did OCTU at Henlow I never had the dubious delights of CHOM and the "old-school tie" nostalgia of that those that did gain their commissions at Cranwell.
No sour grapes on my part but I am curious to know what the selection process was to determine who went to Henlow or Cranwell, as back in the 1970's we still had a big enough air force to justify having two officer training establishments and as a GD/P entrant, a choice of 3 BFTS's to be posted to subsequently!
Was it anything to do with how one did at OASC or how good your potential OQ's were, or just a random draw? As a subsequent grad of 1FTS at Linton I must say I did feel a little jealous of those that did all their JP time in the Mk5. The poor old JP3 was a bit primitive in comparison.......
Beagle must have the answer to this!
MB