I was one of a large detachment sent to Cyprus in July 1957.The object was to give support to King Hussein of Jordan who's cousin the king of Iraq had been overthrown and assasinated.I was an ATC ops clerk and worked for some time in the local control of the tower so the painting brings back memories,the heat was intense and I think we worked 20mins on and 40mins off.
In December I flew home by the UCB flight via El Adem and overnight stop in Malta.The Beverly went u/s in Orange so we were put up in a hotel overnight then a Hastings was sent out the following day to get us back to the UK.