Blimey,
that is indeed me in the back seat of the F4.
Have just dug several shots of the Bears (there were 2 of them) out of my Ascension Island album - I will scan them & post them here later.
We had early int that the Bear Ds had launched from Luanda & were heading towards the flotilla steaming North from the Falklands.
Russ Morley & myself had just been handed over the Q1 slot. The night Q1 team had been alerted a few hours earlier & were hoping to get scrambled before the handover!
Heading South East from Wideawake I got radar contact at long range at high altitude but descending towards the flotilla.
We completed our intercept & shadowed them down to low level from where the pictures above were taken.
We were also joined if my memory serves me right by a sea harrier launched from Hermes.
Have just checked my logbook, & see we completed a 1:30 hr sortie with no AAR before landing back at Wideawake.
Will get the pictures up here over the weekend.
Skid