Not only that, one climbed onto and then into the cockpit to secure the pilot.
> ...a seaman of the Naval Reserve named Rath climbed up the inside of the mast until he reached the machine, and then crawled out to the plane to hold the pilot until help came.
Part of me wants to say that British ships did not have "crows nests" rather "fighting tops", flat platforms for multiple people rather than the barrel-shaped crows nest.
> ...a seaman of the Naval Reserve named Rath climbed up the inside of the mast until he reached the machine, and then crawled out to the plane to hold the pilot until help came.