No 2 Sqn on detachment at APS Sylt - July 1960.   This photograph was taken from 'A' Flight Armoury across the dispersals.   Immediate foreground is Cpl. Pete Reynolds, armourer; striding across to the Swifts is Cpl./Tech. Tony Tydeman armourer, 2 Sqn.   Notice all the safety traverses in front of the aircraft.   On the same line as the Swifts are the Sea Hawks of No. 1 Fliegermarine, based, John thinks, at Flensburg.   He remembers being impressed by the quality of the protective clothing worn by the German ground crew.   The Javelin (FAW4s) of 3 Squadron, RAF Geilenkirchen, are to the right.   There was always a fair amount of competitiveness between all of the detached squadrons (apart from the air firing element), soccer matches being the favourite, whatever the season!   One evening when they were 'stacking' for the day there was a sharp crack from the direction of 3 Squadron.   John's pal off No. 3 was disarming a drogue gun when it fired, the drogue rod which was about 10 inches long went through his upper arm and the breech broke his thigh bone.   He eventually made a full recovery.   Five years later John was stationed with him in Tengah, in his KD shorts the scars were pretty impressive.   The only saving grace to this incident was that the drogue parachute was disconnected when it fired.   The incident brought home to the armourers the dangers involved when handling ejection seats and, of course, re-arming aircraft.   (Thanks to John Mackenzie)