Tigger was indeed buried at sea, just north of Ubit Delta I think from a 212.
He was placed in a wooden box with enough concrete to weigh down a dog twice his size, the original idea was for Barry Pettet to winch me down to within a few feet of the sea then cast him adrift, however none of the pilots on site wanted to do that, so from a low hover we kicked the 'Ole Bugger' out, and true to form he floated!!!!, well only for a minute or two but enough time to think that we were going to have to go and get the winch anyway!! but slowly down he went.
On board were myself Martin Boardley (Chief Engineer) & Bary Pettet (Basil) and Lady the replacement German Shepard who hid around the opposite well seat thinking she was next!!!.
Pretty fitting that we were the ones to put him to rest as we were the ones who had to hold him while the vet give him the 'Jab', still got the mark on my hand where he bit me as he closed his eyes, drank and cried a lot that night, welling up now!!.
RIP Tigger!
Stacey