Airborne Cigar? No thanks.

[Fareastdriver]

A decade after the War no aircraft in Bomber Command had guns apart from the odd Washington or Lincoln soldiering on.

[Brewster Buffalo]

In the air war over North Vietnam some F4s were fitted a device- Combat Tree - which interrogated a MiG's IFF system allowing their identification at BVR. The RAF used a similar system, known as Perfecto, in WW2 against Luftwaffe Nightfighters.

[Trumpet trousers]

A worthwhile read is Carried on the Wind by Sean Feast, written in the 3rd person, which gives a great insight into that period in 101 Squadron’s history