[QUOTE] He used to tell a (tall?) story about a Javelin in the Far East that entered a spin[QUOTE]
True story. It happened in India.(?????). In October 1963 the Indians and the Chinese were having a minor punch-up in the Himalayas so as a sign of Commonwealth solidarity a force of Javelins was dispatched with the kind assistance of me, plus squadron members and Valiant tanker aircraft of 90 and 214 Sqns, to provide some all weather capability.
I was sunning myself in the swimming pool in a hotel in Bombay when I heard about it. It meant that there was one less to tank onwards to Singapore.