Didn't see the show yesterday (eyesight is limited at 10,000 miles!), but I do have a fond recollection of the local scrap dealer standing on an FB Mk30 boom, swinging away with an axe in an effort to reduce his purchase to a lorry sized lump of aluminium. He had failed with hacksaw and chainsaw at that point. I think he finally used an angle grinder.
I have seen an accidental 8.5g not make any mark on the boom (unlike the wrinkles in the wings).
Don't know why DeHavs chose the name, but they did have a thing with "V"s at the time (Venom, Vixen etc)