Template:Did you know nominations/V bomber
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:40, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
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V bomber
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Avro Vulcans
- ... that during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Britain's V bombers (Avro Vulcans pictured) were brought to readiness on 15 minutes' notice with the aircraft armed with nuclear weapons and crews standing ready? Source: "'We even put the crews in the cockpits at one stage, but basically they were held at 15 minutes' notice. 'Once the bombs were on board, we wanted to go on to the next stage in our alert procedures which would have dispersed the force. But we were forbidden to do this.'" ([1])
Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:37, 20 July 2018 (UTC).
Article looks good, QPQ is done, picture looks good, and hook is interesting and within the limit. Good to go in my opinion. I found a more reliable source than the Daily Mail for the hook, but the information is the same: Woolven, Robin (2012). "Witness to History: Reflections on Memory and Archives: RAF Bomber Command During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis". Britain and the World. 5 (1): 116–126. doi:10.3366/brw.2012.0037. ISSN 2043-8575. Retrieved 21 July 2018. --Chumash11 (talk) 16:56, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
