The Cessna reminds me, when I became a civilian we had a French person on route to Paris who due to weather (fog) was diverted to Le Touquet...
Anyway by the time the fog subsided the said Frenchman found himself lost, over Kent and out of fuel, a perfect landing was carried out in a plowed field that was to small to fly out of, so a plan was hatched to airlift the undamaged aircraft to another field and the USAF offered a CH-53 to do the lift... The resulting damage due to downdraught to the now flipped aircraft was a broken back, crushed fin and wing and engine damage courtesy of the USAF
We stripped it, bought a complete rear fuselage chopped off another aircraft in the States and grafted it on, the engine was overhauled and various repairs carried out before the Frenchman was able to continue his journey several months later
