Having lived near Wittering when the first V Bombers arrived, I had been aware of a number of accidents in the early days but did not realise the list was so extensive. A colleague of my father's who lived at Barnack just 2 miles from the end of the runway, had two V bombers crash very close to his house. XM714 the second of these aircraft was carrying a jump seat passenger, M Nav Stringer whose son was in my class at school at the time. I also recall Mike Smith at South Cerney and some years later my AEO's twin brother Pete Slatter perished in XH618. Two of my initial instructors also died in the XM645 and XL230 accidents. In terms of proportions I wonder how The V-force figures compare with the Star Fighter that was so maligned.