Originally Posted by
Brewster Buffalo
Of course it quite possible that the RAF, using its equivalent of the RB-57, could have carrried out its own overflights but I cannot supply any evidence to support this thesis.
I was told in the early 60s by an ex-meteor nav that this was a not uncommon occurrence.
Either a Canberra or Victor would 'stray' over the border, do its thing and leg it back before the Sov fighters could catch them. The meteors etc would all be scrambled in response. At the time they didn't know but their job was to 'delouse' the Canberra or Victor by stopping the Sv fighters at the border.