This may be of interest, picture taken from the RAF news, showing Belvedere picking up a crashed Lightning. The Lightening crashed after the Pilot ejected, after an undercarriage failure. BAC wanted it back for examination, as it was by the sea, and the tide was coming in.
Aircraft was flown by Flt.Lt Youngs, and Flt.Lt. (Bunny) Austin, with me as crewman. After we managed to get it back, we found it was full of sand, and seawater, so was way over the 6000lbs hook weight.
