Oh dear the crab haters/baiters are out today.
76fan - I didn't start the thread about this rescue and I don't need to big myself up about it - I was doing hoist to crew in the LHS , the rest of the crew did the tricky stuff.
Note that the mythical RAF
PR machine had nothing to do with the news coverage, it was a local photographer earning his crust selling pictures to the papers and most video footage came from the ubiquitous phone cameras that everyone has nowadays.
Tourist - I'm sure there must be some part of your aviation career that you can be proud of.......