Originally Posted by
MentionTheWar
I hadn't heard of that incident, brakedwell. I am working on the assumption that airport security was, at best, rudimentary in the fifties and sixties.
The RAF did not use the almost non existent airport. The Naafi, air movements section and passenger handling was all inside the base, which was heavily guarded. Civilian staff were almost all Turkish Cypriots as Greek Cypriots were considered a security risk. My home base was Lyneham and I knew the Comet captain, who was shaken by the incident, unfortunately I cannot recall his name.