Well, as the 25th May 1964 was a Sunday, and the 5th May was a Tuesday, it couldn't have been either of those incidents anyway.
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Still, one service being 'unavailable' on a Friday afternoon while another does a job for them, makes for a good story wherever the action takes place. Can you remember which ship you were on or even which squadron you were in at the time? It wasn't HMS Centaur and 815 was it?
I'm so glad the Argentinians didn't know about the Friday afternoon shenanigans at both Murray Heights and later at MPA for example .... there wouldn't have been any service available, including any ship based assets offshore
Reading your second paragraph, you do appear to condone a pilot flying "several sheets to the wind", rather than obeying the rules and being held in contempt, just as long as they saved your life. Would your family say the same if they didn't? Would they say, 'at least they gave it a go' and tell the lawyers to go away?