The Electra waiting on the airstrip for it to dry out sufficiently to allow a take off to be attempted

The repair crew: left to right; Gordon Smith, Billy Goad, Jim Branch, Roy Guest, Frank Ronaldi, Frank Colquhoun and Ned Delower. The aircraft is standing on its wheels again having just been jacked up free of the mud.

RMA Gascoyne at rest in the pindan immediately after crash landing