RAF Gutersloh Officers' Mess, Annual Reception (not allowed to call it the Battle of Britain Reception!).
Staish is worried about how to ensure that the German guests are linked up with their nominated hosts, and devises a 'cunning plan'. At the end of the reception line is a Rock officer with a loud booming voice. He would pick the guest up and the end of the line, walk them a few steps to the Ante Room door, announce their names in his loud voice, and the host would come smartly across the room to greet his guest and escort them to his circle. What could possibly go wrong?
Initially, it worked a treat. 'Ladies and Gentlemen, Herr Doctor and Frau Gruber'. Then in came the Gutersloh Stadt Chief of Police, one Friedrich Dryer. Rock picks him up, walks to the door, and announces 'Ladies and Gentlemen, Herr Dryer!' Immediate laughter from all the Brits in the room, followed by an angry 'Vie are they laffink at my name?' Oops.