When he finally arrived, his jet was waiting for him at Toulon, having flown down empty.
3 Group. Bomber Command's HQ was at Mildenhall. When Honington had it's AOC's inspection the AOC was picked up from his office by his Jaguar and transported to an Anson. This would fly him on his short trip to Honington.
Meanwhile his driver would be hurling this Jaguar along the country roads of Suffolk so as to get to Honington so the AOC could step out of his Anson and into his Jaguar and go and have pre-inspection tea with the wheels in the Mess.
Reasonable, I suppose. You wouldn't expect an Air Officer to be tossed around in the back of a Jaguar like a rag doll.