Zetec
The plane you mentioned was an army Beaver which had an engine failure late in the day. The pilot, a mad major, spent the night having a shooting battle to protect his plane & himself. The next morning The Belvedere came to pick it up & flew off a bit too fast. The young pilot never realised that the Beaver was near vne & flying quite happily. When it flew past the Belvedere, I'm exaggerating!, the pilot panicked & jetisoned it. The major was furious to see what happened after he had spent the night protecting it! I'm told he pulled his gun out to shoot the Belvedere pilots & had to be restrained!!
Moral..........don't upset mad majors by destroying their aircraft!!