SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1994
Γ
BY
NOW
HIS
FROM
WITH FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS AND THE HELICOPTER'S INTERCOM OUT OF ORDER, SQUADRON LEADER WAUDBY RELIED ON HAND SIGNALS FROM CREW TO POSITION HIS AIRCRAFT AND SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED 13 CREWMEN THE STRICKEN VESSEL IN FOUR LIFTS.
THE
RY THE END OF THE RESCUE THE JUNK WAS ONLY 100 METRES FROM
TWO ZERO'S ROCKS AND ITS MAST HAD COME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE THE RESCUE ROTOR BLADES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
THIS WAS
BY
SQUADRON SERGEANT
RESCUE A MOST SKILFUL AND COURAGEOUS
BARKER, LEADER
AND HIS CREW, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT REG WAUDBY CARL BROWN AND MASTER AIR LOADMASTER PAUL GIBSON, NONE OF WHOM HAD ANY SPECIALIST SEARCH AND RESCUE EXPERIENCE, AND WHICH UNDOUBTEDLY LED THE SAVING OF 14 LIVES.
THEIR
IN
TO
OF
SHOWED HIGHEST
SPITE OF THE SEVERE TROPICAL STORM AND THE LOSS OF MOST AVIONICS AND RADIO EQUIPMENT, THE AIRCREW PROFESSIONALISM, JUDGMENT AND SELFLESS COURAGE WORTHY OF THE COMMENDATION.
EDWARD THE
AND
A
BEHALF OF
AT
UK
BE MAISIE LEWIS AWARD WILL
PRESENTED IT WILL BE ACCEPTED ON CEREMONY IN LONDON ON OCTOBER 5. NO. 28 (AC) SQUADRON BY SQN LDR WAUDBY, WHO IS NOW SERVING IN THE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL ALSO BE PRESENT, SQUADRON, AS WILL SQN LDR DICK BARTON, OFFICER COMMANDING NO. 28 (AC) WHO WILL CARRY THE TROPHY BACK TO HONG KONG.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
OUTSTANDING
IN
AIR/SEA 1980
THE EDWARD AND MAISIE LEWIS AWARD FOR RESCUE WAS INSTITUTED BY THE SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY FOLLOWING A DONATION FROM MR RICHARD LEWIS IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER AND
AWARD HOLD WINNERS OF THE
THE SIR EDWARD AND LADY LEWIS. MOTHER, TROPHY FOR ONE YEAR
ALSO RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL PLATES AND
DECCA
MK IS A REPLICA OF
21 LEWIS, CELEBRATE THE
AND
THE CERTIFICATES.
TROPHY
NAVIGATOR NAVIGATION RECEIVER AND WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO SIR EDWARD
OF DECCA THEN CHAIRMAN
LTD, BY HIS
ΤΟ WORKFORCE PRODUCTION OF THE 10,000TH DECCA RECEIVER.
FULL DETAILS OF THE CREW OF "RESCUE TWO ZERO" ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CAPTAIN
CO-PILOT
WINCHMAN
WINCH OPERATOR
FLT LT (NOW SQN LDR) STEVEN WAUDBY (31), NOW
UK. SERVING AT RAF BENSON, OXFORDSHIRE,
FLT LT REG BARKER (26), FROM ALTRINCHAM, CHESHIRE, UK. STILL SERVING WITH NO. 28 (AC) SQN, RAF SEK KONG, HONG KONG. MARRIED, TWO CHILDREN.
MASTER AIR LOADMASTER PAUL GIBSON (40), FROM
DRIFFIED, YORKS, UK. STILL SERVING WITH NO. 28 (AC) SQN, RAF SEK KONG, HONG KONG. MARRIED, TWO CHILDREN.
SGT CARL BROWN (33), FROM ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, UK, NOW SERVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. SINGLE.
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