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| Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 (S-55T) |
| Owner/operator: | 815 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | XJ397 |
| MSN: | WA/61 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Portland Harbour, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Portland, Dorset |
First flown 18 Jul 55: allocated serial XD767 in error (serial already allocated to a Canadiar Sabre F.4). Delivered to the Royal Navy Aug 55 and issued 705 Squadron as '529' (noted as such 9 Aug 58) Later to 815 Squadron as '309'
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29 April 59: Auto rotated and ditched into Portland Harbour, Dorset, after transmission failure. Allocated to ground instruction as A2485 at Arbroath on 9 Jul 59.
Sources:
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/26347/
www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/dorset/dorcrash.htm]
http://www.scramble.nl/?option=com_showreports&view=article&ct=GB&id=1863l
http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/files/2008/03/aircraft_crash-sites_at_sea_report.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2013 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-May-2013 17:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
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