denachtenmai
Originally Posted by
denachtenmai
I was a witness to this crash and it was told to me, by a Chief Tech. on 543, that prior to the display the primary A/C went tech. and so the secondary had to be used.
S/L Holland,
from what I was told, gave his camera to the Nav. Rad. and said, in as many words, We won't be long, you don't need to come, take some pics.
From memory the front page of the "Mirror" the next day had a photo of the Victor in a low level climbing right turn labeled "Death of a Giant"
You've got it nearly right - it was in fact the Nav Plotter, Doug C*******, who was left on the ground, as he was the Squadron Photo Leader and had not quite finished organising a photo exhibition for the press day. I ended up flying with him for the next eighteen months as my plotter, John Musson, had just been posted to do the Spec N course. John returned later to 543 as a flight commander and sadly was killed in the other 543 crash in 1973.
-- Tim L