The origins of flagging

[Not Long Here]

Twas Lajes, around 1986 ish, 201 Crew, the Eng was commissioned and a well known lay preacher.....should be a big enough clue to those who remember

[davejb]

Let's see...

Patriotic? It was a Hammer and Sickle!!

...that'd be the OTHER team then? Okay, scratch patriotism and insert 'typically irreverent humour' I guess

1980 plonk sounds about right, no sense of humour Johny foreigner...