R4 I can confirm it did happen I was the Eng on board, it was on our MPA detachment and the loadmaster was found in a very small space, it was as we were reeling the hose in so without the basket it came in at a great rate of knots and filled the cargo compartment with fuel. The then Staish was about to be refueled off us and scarpered back at a great rate so he could land before us as we were leaking fuel from everywhere. We were there during the winter and when the FS Officer came to talk to us about what happened and I mentioned that if the basket hit a sheep it would be easy to find as the beta lights were radioactive he launched the RIC to go search for the said basket, to this day I don't think it was ever found and we kept clear of the RIC because they were out there days in the snow. Micky B was the loadmonster.