Which bit - 'Spoofed' or 'recovery? 'Colonial' I assume is a veiled ref to one of the pilots.
Sounds like 360's Cranberries doing the bombing run. Their crowning success was to 'spoof' two RN frigates on to a collision course at night during one of our interminable JMC's and then tell them at about 1 mile
They were a great squadron. Many a 'fun' jamming/spoofing detail with them.