I think it's appropriate that I provide a more background, I recall that night very clearly because I was 1st Pilot of a 42 Sqn Nimrod that was scrambled to assist at an incident off Guernsey that resulted in the loss of the MV Cantonad. We were then retasked to locate a second vessel in distress some 40 miles south of The Lizard. This proved to be the yacht Peacock with two people on board, a third having been lost overboard. Conditions that night were the worst I ever flew in throughout a flying career of over 40 years. I already have the report from the Western Morning News of 5 January and number of reports from the Guernsey press. I have also been in touch with some other participants in the events of that night, although our numbers are steadily diminishing.
I am writing an account of the incidents from our perspective as a Nimrod crew. There were many other factors at play that morning and I should like to locate met observations for the period. In particular I am interested in observation for the following airfields:
St Mawgan
Lyneham
Waddington
Valley
Kinloss or Lossiemouth
Leeming
Leuchars
Thanks,
exmpa