THE MAP
As a start here is a map showing where the Squadron lived and operated over the period 1965 – 1971, showing the then Persian but now Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula. You can see the the Island of Bahrain, and its NE coast the island of Muharraq, home of RAF Muharraq: the other bases where 208 was deployed or detached are also marked:
- Aden and RAF Khormaksar, down on the SW 
corner of the Arabian Peninsula, and close to the entrance of the Red Sea.
- moving up the coast to the NE was RAF Salalah, close to the main palace where the Sultan of Oman resided
- moving further up the coast of Oman is the island of Masirah, then an important staging post for the RAF, now the main flying training base for the Sultan of Oman's Air Force.
- turning north along the southern shores of the Gulf is Sharjah. RAF Sharjah , much visited by 208 but a wide cross section of aircraft and personnel occupied the airfield – the first ever airfield built in the Gulf area in 1932 as a staging post for Imperial Airways en route to India.
RAF MUHARRAQ
This aerial view [6] 
of the
airfield at RAF Muharraq – long since now Bahrain International, shows the Squadron's Hunters on the pan before the squadron and offices were built. You can see also a Beverley, a Brittania and the 2 Pembrokes of 152 Squadron. Here are the rudimentary 
Ops [7] buildings, ATC Tower and Passenger areas – a far cry from the state of the art modern terminal! This picture was clearly 30 Squadron's (Beverleys) farewell – a 4 ship Hunter flypast overhead – the shadows on the ground are easier to spot. By 1967 [8] it looked like this with the Squadron hangar and offices in the foreground. Note new aircraft too! A VC10, a Brittannia, an Argosy – the new AT detachment.
