So notch one VV up to the Sun God, no matter, the important thing is that the crew were alive and well and took exactly the right decision.
Ah, SOs chasing gongs etc, but staying only long enough to get them! Was there a gong in it for them this time, or would they have really had to "get some in" to get a Star?I would hope so!
The Stinson Reliant was a rather impressive aircraft by the looks of it, a sort of Mini Beaver, and rather more substantial than the Piper Cub or Auster utility types usually associated with casevac. Of course Mr Vultee and his associates didn't do "small" did they? So no real surprise. The Haynes Manual equivalent for the type is 4283, the pilots notes for the RAF AT-19 is 4282. here:-
Reliant