Some pictures of the crashed machine, the pilot got out relatively ok. He pulled the ejection handle but when he did nothing happened. In the end good for him because if he had ejected with the plane in this position and with the reported damage to his back I don't think he would be among us today. I was told by the base fire response team that he now flies AWACS, they are still in contact with him and he has visited the base since on a few occasions. When a new Fire station was built on the base it was named in his honour. These pictures are courtesy of the RNLAF Leeuwarden base photo service.
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