Danny.
Thanks for your reply re Vijayawada. It was definately a military airfield during the war, and an ex IAF chap I flew with told me that the VVs were operated from here by the IAF, RIAF then I guess?
I think the place was known then as Gannavaram- in fact it still is.
Anyway, if I stagger across a VV in the underbrush, and don't get my ass bitten by a snake, I'll drop you a line.