TW50: I doubt that the weather was much of a topic at Masirah. However, I can't recall how much we'd have heard by then about the 6-Day War that broke out during that week and, over the years since, I've occasionally wondered whether the unusual Lightning/Victor activity at Akrotiri was in any way a 'cause' for the allegations of UK participation on the Israeli side that circulated for a while around the Middle East.