DougGordon
I was a co-pilot on one of the Valiants that tanked the Javelins out to India for Shiksha. Routing was Akrotiri - Bahrein - Bombay where we moved onto Butterworth to await the reverse for the return. I do remember that one of the Javelins got into a spin during the exercise and the Nav ejected, I believe
it was the recovery drill and the aircraft was saved as was the Nav, a Master Nav. Viewed through the Valiants periscope during the recovery to UK the aircraft was somewhat twisted and flew a bit sideways. I still have the Shiksha Tie.