Registration / Serial:XM845
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-58 Wessex
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1
C/n (msn):WA26
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Penzance / Mount's Bay [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Ship / Rig:RNLB Solomon Browne
Photo Date:1979
Photo by:M D WestContact
Photo ID:98722Submit Correction
View count: 202
Wessex XM845 from RNAS Culdrose, rescue demonstration with Penlee Lifeboat,Solomon Browne, off Penzance Promenade in Mounts Bay, Cornwall with St Michaels Mount as backdrop, near Christmas two years later the Penlee Lifeboat was lost with all on board in a desperate attempt to save the crew of the Union Star a few miles from the Photo scene,that night the sea conditions were so severe the Wessex on duty crewed by an American exchange pilot was completely helpless to assist in the rescue.e
Registration / Serial:XM845
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1
C/n (msn):WA26
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Penzance / Mount's Bay [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1979
Photo by:M D WestContact
Registration / Serial:XM845
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-58 Wessex
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1
C/n (msn):WA26
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Penzance / Mount's Bay [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Ship / Rig:RNLB Solomon Browne
Photo Date:1979
Photo by:M D WestContact
Photo ID:98722Submit Correction
View count: 202
Wessex XM845 from RNAS Culdrose, rescue demonstration with Penlee Lifeboat,Solomon Browne, off Penzance Promenade in Mounts Bay, Cornwall with St Michaels Mount as backdrop, near Christmas two years later the Penlee Lifeboat was lost with all on board in a desperate attempt to save the crew of the Union Star a few miles from the Photo scene,that night the sea conditions were so severe the Wessex on duty crewed by an American exchange pilot was completely helpless to assist in the rescue.e
Registration / Serial:XM845
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1
C/n (msn):WA26
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Area:Penzance / Mount's Bay [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1979
Photo by:M D WestContact