Aircraft Photo of XB475 | Hiller HT1 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #575217
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XB475
Aircraft Original Type:Hiller 360
Aircraft Generic Type:Hiller 360/UH-12/OH-23/Raven
Aircraft Version:Hiller HT1
C/n (msn):511
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
 
Photo Date:1 April 1953 to 10 June 1954
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 575217
Photo Comment

Training helicopter of No 705 Sqn based at Gosport. Avengers and an early Fairey Gannet on the ground. Location not known - likely Gosport or Lee-on-Solent? XB475 crashed at Ann's Hill Cemetery, Gosport on 10 June 1954, barely one year old. The pilot was killed.

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