| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XP345 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-55 Whirlwind |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR10 |
| C/n (msn): | WA361 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force / United Nations |
| Unit Markings: | 84 Sqn |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Doncaster (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGCI IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum (Aeroventure) |
| Photo Date: | 13 November 2022 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 525961 |
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XP345 initially served the CFS at Terhill in camouflage, later gaining the yellow overall scheme for SAR work. It is now exhibited by the Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group in the camouflage markings carried for service with the UN Peacekeeping Force in Nicosia, Cyprus while assigned to 84 Sdn RAF at Akrotiri. Displayed outdoors at the 2018 RAF 100 airshow at Cosford, this Whirlwind had the distinction of making the final flight of the type by the RAF - on 1st March 1982 it was the last to land of a formation of Whirlwinds in a flypast at Akrotiri to mark the disbandment of 'B' Flight, 84 Sqdn. This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 4 December 2022, and has since been viewed 246 times. |