Re Post 7 and the Malaysian version. At Labuan, the RMAF (TUDM) had a detachment with an RAAF training officer called Don Melvin, who was very helpful to the RAF (1966/7) and a great guy to have around.
Unfortunately, a Caribou was lost after an engine failure and IIRC some issues with fuel management to the live engine. Eventually the aircraft crashed in the jungle and the co-pilot was killed. The captain had had a similar incident in a twin pioneer some years before.
An RAF Wg Cdr on secondment, did the BoI and he asked for details of the loads carried and lost. Inevitably, the opportunity to 'write off' stuff was too good to miss and some fairly extravagant claims were made. The wg cdr announced in the bar one night that the crash was caused by the aircraft being 20000 lbs over its max AUW! - he then got down to the real business, which included the RMAF's own response to the accident when first reported, which might be politely described as: 'initially inadequate'.
(The story of how a Beverley was overloaded by 7000 lbs at Labuan is for another Thread on another day!)
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