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| Date: | Wednesday 10 June 1964 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Westland Wessex HAS1 (S-58T) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA RN) |
| Registration: | XM873 |
| MSN: | WA/32 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wadi Misrah, Aden -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The accident took place as the Wessex was taking off. An updraft from the wadi bottom, in the heat of the day, caused the accident.
when a sudden wind veer just prior to touchdown at an elevation of 5000ft caused it to bounce several times. The tail section parted and the aircraft rolled over 5 times into a 150ft deep gully at Wadi Misrah on the Radfan Plateau. The crew, pilots Bob Wilkins and the late Paul Kingston, and the Observer Bryan Naylor were all OK but four East Anglian Regiment soldiers were injured (Privates Holden, Ide, Casserley and Muglesoone) and one, Private Fox, was killed. XM873 was struck off charge on 11 September 1964 having a total of 670.40 flying hours.
Name of the victim
private Fox From East Anglian Regiment soldiers
Name of Others
Bob Wilkins (Pilot) - was not injured.
Paul Kingston - was not injured.
Bryan Naylor (Observer) - was not injured.
East Anglian Regiment soldiers were injured
Holden (Private)
Ide (Private)
Casserley (Private)
Muglesoone (Private)
Sources:
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1964.htm
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/123915-what-about-wessex-makes-people-so-fond-14.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2011 13:20 | TB | Added |
| 28-Sep-2011 01:35 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2012 11:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jul-2012 03:21 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2016 18:41 | Charles R | Updated [Time, ] |
| 26-Sep-2016 18:42 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2024 08:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 27-Dec-2024 10:48 | Hani Bassel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2024 12:30 | Hani Bassel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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