Any Qantas pilot should be able to tell you the ditching "MYTH" is FACT.
I've spoken to guys who have been around a lot longer than me. It NEVER happened. Kremin has probably spoken to people around longer again than me and he will verify the same. Had it occurred the name would be well known. It's not. Had it occurred people would tell you who the checker was. It's not. Further, the myth wouldn't have morphed into it being an Ansett crew who told them to auto land which is the way it's often told on PPRUNE.
Now, back to the QF32 book.
Helmut. Thanks for info. I suspected as much. I've said on other threads that I'll wait for the report to comment in more depth and the only reason I comment now is on the basis of what Captain de Crespigny himself has written.