Roger Seymour, Vicarage Lane, Strete, writes:

Your article on the Vulcan bomber in the Rear View Mirror section last week is a sterling example of 'never let the facts get in the way of a good story'.

At no time during the Falklands conflict was the runway at Stanley destroyed or out of action.

The mammoth and totally ineffective Vulcan mission only managed to slightly damage the airfield and did not affect the operations of the Argentinian forces.

The ineffectiveness of the Vulcan's conventional bombing was a major reason they were withdrawn prior to Falklands operations.

Sea Harriers could have caused more damage but they were more importantly deployed protecting the task force. In the latter stages, a few RAF ground-attack Harriers were used on some targets but, apart from that, the RAF took no effective part in fixed-wing air operations.

During the Vulcan mission, a serious diplomatic incident was caused by the diversion of an aircraft to Brazil due to fuelling difficulties.

Please do not try to rewrite historical fact.