I was a very young SAC 'Ops Clerk' working in the 'Pit' when he was AOSNI, a man to be feared if you cocked up, remembering at least one famous bollocking to a SAR Sea King captain, and I remember on my second tour there him ringing the RCC to say that he would assist with the operation when a Sea King crashed in Northern Fife near his home, strong but fair I would have said in my humble SAC opinion.