| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XT459 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA281 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | CuldroseMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGDR IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Culdrose Air Day 1966 |
| Photo Date: | 23 July 1966 |
| Photo by: | Mike Cain |
| Photo ID: | 475465 |
| Photo Comment |
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F/F 28th June 1965, delivered to FAA 6th July 1965. Served with various FAA squadrons and flew in the Falklands conflict 1982. Used by the Royal Marines (847NAS) in cyclone relief operations in East Pakistan Nov.1970. Written off 7th Nov.1983 when it crashed in white-out conditions shortly after take off from Setermoen, Norway during Exercise Clockwork. Wreckage to AIU Lee-on-Solent and on the dump there by Aug.1986. Sold as scrap early-1987 to Park Aviation Supplies, Faygate and gone from there by Oct.1993. This photo is copyright © Mike Cain, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 9 July 2022, and has since been viewed 393 times. |