RAF Nicosia (Turkish Invasion) in 1974 written by Edward Seeby
When the Turks invaded I had just finished a night shift on the telephone exchange and was getting ready for some shut eye. The noise of explosions put paid to that and looking up you could the sky filled with parachutes. From this point, this posting was to change from working and then soaking up the sun to working all hours even helping to cook the meals in the Airmens Mess.
The most memorable part was the evacuation of RAF Nicosia in convoy to Dehkalia which if I remember right took about 4 hours with long periods stopped due to the fighting. After arriving at Dehkalia there was not a lot to do except sit around waiting for the compo stew which we had for some time, until someone told us that we could get a meal at the Army cookhouse, you never seen Airmen move so fast.
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When the Turks invaded I had just finished a night shift on the telephone exchange and was getting ready for some shut eye. The noise of explosions put paid to that and looking up you could the sky filled with parachutes. From this point, this posting was to change from working and then soaking up the sun to working all hours even helping to cook the meals in the Airmens Mess. 
