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Old 17th Apr 2017, 18:39
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Danny42C
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Wander00 (#41),
That was the situation when I arrived at Leeming in the autumn of 1967.
The WRAF were just starting to come in. The girls put up with it, but they didn't like it. I put a memo in through SATCO to Flying Wing (where there were separate loos, but fifty yards away - fine on a sunny afternoon, but not on a winter's night with howling winds and thrashing rain).
After summarising the problem, I added: "I cannot but believe that Group Caption Paul (Command Queen Bee) does not know of this arrangement and would not like it if she did".
A little quiet blackmail works wonders. The first pack of bricks was outside the back door the next Monday afternoon. The "erection" was a little square extension on the SW corner (of the "old" Tower). For years you could see in on Google Earth.
I suggested that a little blue plastic plaque might be attached, crediting my part
in the affair, but strangely the proposal did not gather support.


Pontius Nav (#62),
Never had anything to do with Nerve Gas. Mustard (used as a corrosive liquid) more my line.