Shackleton Loss
I was part of a 3 ship Hercules flight which was detached to Lossie for a tactical low level course on the 30th April 1990. We arrived in the afternoon after hearing of the SAROPS in the Hebrides.
We made our detached aircraft available to the Station on arrival and with the other staff crew members we flew the site guards and the BOI team into Stornoway. Each morning before carrying out the training sorties we would fly missions into Stornoway with equipment, supplies and personnel for the next 3 days. We had ex - kipper fleet crew members on the Hercs so it was harrowing for them too.
R.I.P.