DH,
when I was on 47 Sqn at Faiford in 1968 Mel Bennett was OC Ops. He was the captain of the (in)famous Westabout flight that saw them get to McClellan AFB on day one AFTER a delay out of Fairford ! One of the Station MOs, Doc Cassidy, was on the crew. Terrific character was Doc, as amongst other things your Class One Medical cost a bottle of scotch.