Fascinating stuff.
To add to Walrus’ memories, I did two tours of RAFG as a service policeman. After dispatching the Jaguars and Tornadoes on their one-way trips, we would,apparently, escort what dependants were left to the UK bound ferries and THEN return to what was left of our bases to assist with absentees and deserters-a euphimism for firing squads – cheerful stuff eh?