An ex ATC Prestwick told me this a while ago.
We had two TU 95s orbiting Machrihanish killing themselves laughing as the lightning from binbrook needed a tanker from Marham just to reach them in less than 45 minutes. Before all that could be laid on they had been intercepted by a comet flown by a captain who'd been a Mosquito night fighter pilot in 1945. Needless to say the whole thing was hushed up.
Not sure as to the vérité. He likes a good story but he likes his facts too.