The following verse from "The Song of the A25" (the Dark Blue version of our 765C) may be apposite:
(Singing "To ra la to ra la to ra la ly ay"):
♫ "They gave me a Seafire to play with one day,
Came in to Land with my Hook stowed away,
Over the Flight Deck the batsman gave "Cut"!
And we float-float-float-float-float-float-float-float- float- PRANG........"
"Cracking show - I'm alive,
But I've still got to render my A25 !" ♫
I'm sure Schiller (Jack, where art thou ?) will put me right.
Believe it or not, we actually had a chap on 20 Sqn (ca 1950 - no names, no pack drill), ex FAA, who had come in on a Seafire with his hook down all right, but bounced over all the wires and the barrier to land on two other parked Seafires on the far side (all three Cat 5, he was OK). Left the Navy, joined the RAF, redeemed himself by saving a Spitfire under adverse circumstances. Story somewhere on here.
Danny.