ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION CULDROSE (GBR)|
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Forty years ago more
than 100 vessels took
part in the ’79 Fastnet
rescue, but we doubt
anyone will argue
with our choice of the Royal Naval Air
Station Culdrose to represent all of
those involved. Fifteen helicopters
from Culdrose flew multiple missions
that night as crews rushed back from
holidays. Nineteen sailors died but
100 more were lifted off by Culdrose
crews plus 65 others rescued by sea
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| Why they won |
| ‘Hovering over flailing masts snatching shattered sailors from peril
is worth a pair of boots any day of the week!’ – Mike Broughton;
‘I have no idea how they made it through but each one of them
put the lives of others before their own’ – Adrian Phillips; ‘My
friends survived...’ – Rob Hardcastle; ‘I grew up with the Ace of
Spades Squadron 771 always looking over me, only when I started
sailing seriously did I learn about the Fastnet disaster. Every single
one of them deserve recognition for the extraordinary work they
did and not just in 1979’ – Miles Seddon; ‘Not only for their service
but for an incredible attitude’ – Alistair Skinner. |
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