Argus

I was in Malta on det with 42 sqdn just before Christmas 1968 when an Argus come through heading home, trying to get there for Christmas. The Argus used the same radar as the MK3 Shack, ASV21 and this Argus had a duff radar. I received a call from the ground crew asking if we could help them with the problem. This was frowned upon by the management and second lines because the Canadians were often several mod states behind us. It was obvious when a Canadian unit turned up because the serial numbers all started with a 9. Anyway we swapped their faulty modulator for one of ours and took the moans.
9 months later I was with a MK3 when we landed at RCAF Greenwood and who should be the first person that I saw when when vacated the aircraft but the radar eng from the Argus in Malta! A small world indeed. Had a really great week in Nova Scotia, we basically parked the Shack, partied and finally dragged our tired, hungover bodies back to St. Mawgan a week later.