Happy birthday, Anna!
I hope this will be lucky year for you!
Peter

There are a few pix of Lancaster damage in “Lancaster in action” by R.S.G. Mackay, publisher Squadron/signal publications.

I believe something similar happened with an F-8U Crusader.

Many thanks, MrB, all that dust, sand and flies . . .
Are you sure of the date, though, I was in Bahrain and Sharjah in 1968 with a UPS-4 radar that had been withdrawn from Aden when it closed down, I believe in 1967.
We used an Argosy to ship the radar and ourselves to sit on a sand dune in Sharjah for a fortnight’s air defence exercise – same temperature inside the radar cabin as outside (104F) despite 2 air conditioning packs going full blast. Those were the days!

Whistling wheelbarrow = Argosy (as used by yours truly in the Middle East and for radar calibration in Europe)

Yes, I’ve seen people boarding with suit carriers larger than my checked suitcase! Always pin-striped and generally obese “important” types.

You must be, otherwise you wouldn’t be able to sit there and look at the Forum instead of working your little cotton socks off, like me! (I just take a quick peek between paragraphs of my translation job)

OK, Anna, you’re the boss!