TTN, tut tut.
Dave, no live rounds on the bombers.
HS, the OP referred aircraft accidents in-flight
AFAIK.
Tyne, correct, Violet C!ub IIRC. The milk issue was probably Strontium 90 after the accident at Sellafield, same period. Live weapons were loaded on all QRA aircraft until the RN took over. Live weapons also unused some exercises twice a year or more and also on other alerts other than Cuba.
PhilipG, dispersal exercises such as Mickey Finn, Kinsman etc were only flown with drill rounds. Where we had insufficient drill rounds a live weapon would be loaded, clock stopped,downloaded and then the aircraft floiwn off. Remember exercises were just that. Had warnings and indicators suggested a risk of war it would have been cancelled. Remember, to an observer, it looked real and could have increased tensions.