Originally Posted by
ericferret
Hi All
...Just a taste of what was going on in those far off days, stolen from elsewhere on this site...
“...Early in 1968, when the Ocean Prince was being pounded by hurricane force winds, Captain Robert Balls flew out to the rig from the Bristow base at Tetney, near Grimsby - a distance of 100 miles - in a Westland Wessex 60 and, loaded with the minimum of fuel, transferred the 45 members of the crew, in three trips, to another rig 20 miles away...”
That was enough to make me look for more material on this loss. Here is one with some images:
https://budsoffshoreenergy.com/2023/...th-sea-rescue/
Sorry, too young and wrong country to be able to help with the requested photos. But I wonder what the nostalgia thread on PPRuNe, and sites like airliners.net and AirHistory might reveal with an advanced search?