Not a claim as I was not even born:
My dad tells a tale of a Hastings flying from one of the airfields in Habbaniyah at the top of a hill to another at the bottom of the hill for an engine change back in the 50s. He worked on Mosquitos and Beaufighters.
I have had a look on Google earth and my maps from GW1 era and can only find one airfield to the south of the town.
Anyone shed any light on this.