Fourteen British military personnel were also killed when their plane crashed.
They concluded balloons had the advantages of being low cost and not placing British personnel at risk.
Eight British military personnel are also still listed as missing.
From then to 1957, the training centre were commanded by the British military personnel.
They were much more successful than is often recognised, though the attacks on British personnel never quite ceased.
In 2007, a seizure of fifteen more British personnel became a major diplomatic crisis between the two nations.
There were also two or three children of British military personnel.
From 1971 to 1997 a total of 763 British military personnel were killed during the "Troubles".
There was significant oil pollution after this incident and British personnel were used to clean the lagoon.
In total, some 3,500 British personnel are based on Cyprus.