Life in the ‘V-Force’

The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Indonesian confrontation, ‘Western Rangers’ and new tactics — 1962-63 was quite a time to join No XV Squadron on the Victor B1A. In the first of two features this month on life in the ‘V-Force’, one of the RAF’s most experienced navigators recalls his first tour A staged image of a practice ‘scramble’ involving No XV Squadron Victor B1 XH594. AEROPLANE The age-old traditions of Bomber Command still applied when I arrived on No