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India Four Two
Firstly, unless he is hiding behind a Bead Window, who or what was FATCOCK?
Secondly, what is flagging?
FATCOCK is Smudge's name for 'ATFOC' = Air Transport Flight Operations Centre. Part of 38 Gp at Strike Command it was a 24hr manned flight watch centre that we Albert crews could refer to when 'down route'. Sometimes helpful, more usually not!
Flagging - To 'flag' somewhere is to land, do a turn round and then depart, as opposed to doing a 'night stop'.