Seaking - Hercules mid air 1986
Paul, I remember all too well the accident to which you refer. I was on 826 A Flight and we took over from B Flight on board RFA RELIANT. It was a sad sorry time which was made worse by the fact that we all knew there had been a cock up. It was a rubbish job doing the SOULANT Roulement then towed array patrols up north when we were not down south. It was made easier by the fact that all the guys on A,B and C flights were great guys. I knew Simon well not only did we do some of our flying training together but we also shared the same crew room at 826. The inquiry exonerated the C130 crew of any blame it if I remember rightly the radar operator ashore came in for some criticism.