DOLPHINS AND COεRAS

摘要

qver the complex borders of East and West Germany the opposing sides of the 'Cold War' were eyeball to eyeball. With the Berlin blockade of 1948 to 1949 the tensions between the Soviet Union and its client states and 'The West' highlighted that here was a dangerous flashpoint. At the height of this conflict of ideologies, English Electric Lightnings of 19 and 92 Squadron provided the RAF with a potent interceptor to deter the forces of the Warsaw Pact. Sqn Ldr (later Air Cdre) John Spencer was 'B' Flight Commander on 19 Squadron from 1973 to 1977: "Our job was to man the search patterns and take out low-level attackers who were heading towards the 'Clutch' or other ground-attack airfields. [The so-called 'Clutch' airfields were close to the Rhine, near the Dutch border: (Briiggen, Laarbruch and Wildenrath.]