42Sqn Shacks from mk2 to mk3s
Thanks for the feedback, Shack37 - I did a check for memory's sake and found that our change over from 2s to 3s happened between Nov 1965 until Jan 1966. I joined the squadron in January 1966 and was on board for the acceptance flight of one of the first 3s.
While at Khormaksar, I had a great number of mates on 37, specially one Porky Dring, engines, who, I don't believed ever washed but managed to get hitched to a millionairess! He didn't sign on again - funny that.
My association with shacks continued when posted to Lossie to run the engineering side of the SAR 202sqn choppers. I use to swan over to 8Sqn for a couple of TGIFs. It was interesting to learn the EWS domes collected seaweed just as well as the dustbins on mk2s!