Alan also describes some of his duties at that time:

"I was a Junior Technician armourer at Leeming for the last two years of the existence of 228OCU (Operational Conversion Unit) until the Jet Provosts arrived in September 1961.  I was a few months in the bomb dump, my duties including deliveries of engine starter cartridges to the Javelin line, and was then posted on to the Javelins of Advanced Wing (as it was known).  My duties there included ejection seat removal/installation and harmonisation of the four 30mm Aden guns (God knows why, they never fired them!).  The gun harmonisation was quite a palaver, as the aircraft had to be jacked up off the ground into flying position, as opposed to its normal 'leaning back' position, with the aid of spirit levels.  A harmonisation board, with four aiming spots on it, was then placed in front of the aircraft at a set distance and lined up using sighting bars and plumb bobs.  Then, using access panels on the top and underside of the wings, the gun's ammunition feed mechanisms and firing pins were removed and sighting attachments installed into the four barrels.   Then, one man lay on the wing with his head down the hatch and sighted through one of the barrels.  Meanwhile, a second man (under the wing) adjusted the aim of the gun, following the instructions of the man on top, hopefully before the blood rushed to the upper chap's head!  Once the gun was pointing more or less in the right direction, the adjustment was repeated on the other three guns.  Then it all had to be checked and signed for by an NCO.  Well, it kept us off the streets."

... a series taken from my (co-pilot) seat in Hastings WD337 of the escorting Javelin, as both aircraft performed a "run in and break" on Kuching's runway... As a matter of interest my Captain, Flt Lt Johnston, spoke with the Javelin guys before the supply dropping sortie on which they escorted us. He asked what he should do if we were indeed jumped by a Indonesian Mustang, the reason the 60 Squadron guys were there. "How low can you fly?" they asked, and were told. "How slow can you fly?" was next. Finally, "how tight can you turn?". The advice given was "Do all three at the same time, and hope he can't do the same!". "What about you guys, won't you be shooting him down?", we asked. "Not very likely, we'll be above both of you, and if we fired off a Firestreak, its just as likely that we'd hit you!".

                To take our minds off that thought, it was arranged that the Javelin would formate on us, once we were well on the way back to Kuching, flying low level down the Rajang River, hence the pictures!

... The other thing that I remember now, is of the Javelin pilot furiously pumping his clenched right hand up and down in a vertical motion. None of us being fighter jocks the meaning was unclear, but we guessed he needed us to go even faster due to the somewhat exaggerated angle of attack he was at, so we did! I also seem to recall that we had no radio contact (as the hand signals suggest). We had a signaller who had a VHF T/R with separate crystal set channels, an 1154/5 HF T/R, and an MF "command" rcvr for Radio Ranges etc. I presume that the Javelin would have UHF only ... The haphazard nature of this escorting arrangement must have been more deterrent than practical, but that judgment would be better made by ex Javelin crews of that period. Great if a member of the crew of that day could comment!