Alan
I have a picture of VR-BDU in Bristow colours taken at Yarmouth, date unknown, but clearly before it was registered as NE.
Any change you could post it here or on the Bristow photos thread?
Here is a picture from
www.skyweaver.co.uk http://209.196.171.35/r_wing_pictures2.htm
of G-AZNE bobbing around in the water having had the cockpit roof cut off by the rotor blades.
Russ Smith (RIP) used to tell of how he (unable to shut it down due to loss of the overhead engine controls) attempted to fly it home from the helideck. Unfortunately without the speed select levers the rotor RPM decayed & he was forced to ditch in the sea.
On vacating the aircraft through the captain's window his shoe got caught behind one of the pedals causing it to water taxi around in large circle with him in the centre of it. He waited until it went past them swam as fast as he could before it came around again.