Great stories Chugalug. Bringing it all back.
In 1952-3, during Boy Entrants service at Yatesbury, we went to Lynham for 'air experience flights'. These flights were usually in Anson's, but on one such flight in a Hastings, we were given the story of the Benghazi accident when we queried the rear facing seats.
A few years later, I had the 'privilege' of pumping oil in the 'dog kennel' on Beverley's passing through Istres.