Search for missing US Air Force Hercules C-130 in the English Channel

[MadUKDiver]

A fascinating and little known story about a US Serviceman who borrowed a Hercules but was later sadly lost in the English Channel.

Seems a team is planning a serious attempt to locate the crash site, which has grabbed some attention on various news sites including the BBC ...
English Channel hunt due for wreck of stolen Hercules

For anyone interested in following the search or helping with costs there's more information on a crowd funding page here...
Kickstarter

 

[Shasta_man]

Very interesting. Most interesting was the phrasing "after a night of heavy drinking, he escaped police custody..." Our current rotten admin aside, your police deal with criminals slightly differently than we do. Actually, maybe that was our police (MPs), which might explain it.