The image above shows a group of soldiers of all ranks, who are lifting John Crouch a badly burned collegue, into the aircraft that is about to medivac him to hospital. Allan Jones was a Sergeant at the time, he's the Medic in the white jacket holding up a saline drip. Click on the image to read what he has to say about the accident that befell John Crouch. Pix above courtesy Allan Jones. John Jackett, pix below left and John Knowles pix below right, were also medics in the early days of Crown. Click on their photos to read their stories and some of the incidents that happened to the people they cared for.
The picture below shows the aircraft with John Crouch aboard about to take off. Allan Jones in his account of the incident was not aware of what happened to John after the aircraft carried him to his destiny. We have been informed that John survived his burns by a fellow patient in the BMH Singapore.