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142way to Shuqra, having ignored warnings about the sands. Fortunately no8one was killed but, as well as his vehicles, he lost his command, his acting rank of squadron leader and several years seniority as a flight lieutenant. I saw the turret8tops still forlornly protruding from the sands about 18 months later on my first foray to Shuqra! However, No 10 Squadron was rapidly re8equipped and, under its replacement OC, operated thereafter with distinction, particularly in early 1957, when Flt Lt George Calvert and Sgt John Molyneux, both RAF Regiment, won an MC and an MM respectively in the same action against a strong Yemeni cross8border violation. %u0004fi%u0005%u0006fi%u0001%u0004%u0007%u0010%u000c%u0006 Just before the Army%u2019s handover of command of the APL to the RAF Regiment in 1948, but with a number of RAF Regiment officers already in post, an ugly incident occurred in Aden. In 1947 the Indian No 10 Sqn%u2019s Ferrets %u2013 night lager %u2013 WAP, 1956.