DARTMOOR Search and Rescue Team (Tavistock) were called by police on Saturday to assist the ambulance service with the recovery of a 15-year-old boy who had collapsed near Cowsic Head, north west of Devil’s Tor.

He was one of a group of Air Cadets training for their silver Duke of Edinburgh’s award.

The ambulance service had already deployed two paramedics from their hazardous area response team toward the casualty location and some members of DSRT deployed with the Polaris six-wheel all-terrain vehicle as back up.

The casualty was airlifted by the Devon Air Ambulance to the DSRT control point at Holming Beam and then transported by ambulance to Derriford Hospital. DSRT then stood down along with their colleagues from the Plymouth Team who had been called to assist.

The remainder of cadets were then escorted from the moor, in rescue group vehicles, back to their campsite at Harford Bridge.