He had been a pilot on Victors. His name was Victor Pheasant.
Actually Shingles, Vic was an AEO and was AEO leader on 214 Victor K1 tankers when I was on the squadron. Really nice chap, hoping to see again him at the reunion in April at Newark in April.
Lovely pictures Warmtoast - thanks for sharing. I think I'm right in saying that the protypes were a few feet shorter than the production aircraft, but nevertheless those pics bear out my remarks above about what an elegant aeroplane the Mk 1 was
