As 'V' Bomber ground crew in the sixties, we thought ourselves very fortunate to get a nice smooth, quiet Hastings as transport for a detachment or an 'Exercise Micky Finn'.
The alternative transportation device was a Beverley
One year, the No.1 Group Pipe Band went to Wildenrath by Hastings and on boarding for the return flight, when the crew turned up, one had his arm in a sling, one had a pot leg and was on crutches and another had his eyes bandaged up. He was led up the aisle into the flight deck by the AQM, who was dressed in Mess Kit. The 'crippled' crew managed to get the beast started and we took off for home. After settling in cruise, the nattily suited AQM yelled "Gentlemen, lunch is served!" and began throwing our lunch packs at us.
A right bunch of comedians. They hadn't really been in a car crash, but they certainly had us worried at first.