What an absolutely fascinating thread that this has become. Thank you to everyone who posted, as its really invaluable information for me.
It does strike me though that perhaps the time is rapidly approaching to ask our V Force friends to start recording their memories through the IWM - the events of the early 1960s are now half a century ago, and time will start taking those veterans from us in the not too distant future.
Perhaps we need to push for a 'forgotten voices of the V-Force' book, which chronicles the incredible job done by the RAF during this period?