i'm best off squeezing the front brake at the same time, to perfect alignment. Is this evidence of a bent fork?
Your situation is an example of aligning the wheel to the brakes. Your wheel needs to be aligned with the center line of the bicycle. The you align the brakes to the wheel.
A properly installed wheel, sitting in a true set of forks, will split the space between the fork blades evenly. If the space is not even, one of two problems exist.
Either the wheel is out of dish, or the forks are bent. Or both. The example I offered is very obvious, but look again at the picture of the Raleigh International in the OP. To me, the wheel is wayyy offset.