Nimrods saving lives
I was on a mission provididng top cover for a greek tanker "victory" in 1982 which broke in 2 in rough seas 900 miles from Lands End, The first crew on scene from 42 sqn had dropped the SAR package and half the crew abandoned ship to take to the liferafts. Because of the Victory's location, no helicopter SAR was avaiulable and Nimrods provided 40 hours of continuous top cover until a Dutch navy ship arrived on scene and rescued the survivors.