Laarbruch was not far from the East German border and for this reason two Buccaneers were on 24 hours alert armed with a WE.177A tactical nuclear bomb. They could be airborne within 15 minutes. It still was the Cold War!!
We were on exercise ever month for a week at a time, wearing your NBC suit 24/7 and on the last day, wearing your gas mask for at lease 12 hours, do I miss it, the answer is yes! great fun was had by all.
