Thanks Kilwhang.
My most vivid memory of the transit hotel (probably the only vivid memory as all the rest are very blurred) was in 1969.
On 24 Sqn enroute Muharraq to Changi on the Changi slip. For some reason fuel flow was too high so we changed from Long Range Cruise to High Speed Cruise and diverted to Gan, quick refuel and continued HSC to Changi. As we were being turned round in Gan, the ground crew were rushing around with transistor radios held to their ears as the lunar module was about to touch down. We listened to events on BBC world service the rest of the way to Changi. The next morning the TV room in the transit mess was packed as every man and his dog were watching the grainy black and white pictures from the Moon.
I can't remember where I was when Kennedy was assassinated, but I'll never forget where I was when Man landed on the Moon.
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