Good point, alfred.....
.......which may point to why ASW/MPA didn't get the attention from the high-powered help at the time - because they had little idea about it or what it involved. I remember giving a brief on MR2 capabilities to a recently promoted two* from a different part of the air force. At the end he turned to his PSO and asked "Why didn't I know anything about any of this?" He was genuinely amazed at what we did and what the A/C could do.
Reflects a bit too in the earlier thread about the TV prog. "The Silent War". We couldn't talk about it.
The Ancient Mariner