The Grumman S-2G Tracker was an anti-submarine aircraft used by the Royal Australian Navy. But did you know it also helped save lives during a dramatic rescue mission in 1981? Here’s its full story!

The first aircraft to perform this mission was the Grumman E-1 Tracer (a variant of the S-2 Tracker anti-submarine aircraft), which saw service from 1954 to 1964. The E-1's successor, the E-2 ...