Tourist,
One small point having read the whole thread, this is an award from "The Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators for outstanding feats in the field of Search and Rescue", therefore QED you have to be in a SAR squadrton or on a SAR Mission(As 814 NAS, who won the award a few years ago for a magnificent contribution to the Greek liner that hit rocks) to qualify. There is no mention of medals and the crew would probably not wish for any. Get your facts right berfore you sound off.
This is appropriatte recognition for an outstanding feat of both SAR and airmanship, BZ to all involved for achieving such a succesful outcome in such awful West Country conditions.
Keep up the good work the Ace of Clubs.