I recall an incident a Laarbruch in the early 70's when the captain of a Belfast returning a squadron from detachment asked for the load to be checked as he could not make his planned altitude on the way back. This revealed that all the equipment being moved was on the manifest except the 5 or 6 S type trolleys that it was loaded on.
This months Aeroplane Magazine or Flypast, has a story in it from a Shackleton Pilot who upon arriving at a USA airfield was requested to climb from 2000 feet up to 3000 feet, pointing out it had taken them the complete Atlantic crossing to get it up to 2000 feet, they were told to hold at their current height.
