Registration / Serial:XM665
Military Code:CU-L
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Plymouth Air Show 1963
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:495885Submit Correction
View count: 153
Written off on 9 October 1968 in a forced landing in a field near Weymouth. Although it was repaired at Fleetlands it never flew again, and it was eventually preserved by the Royal Australian Navy Museum in Nowra, NSW, where it has been since April 1994. The Varsity behind is WJ943/S, and must have been a challenge to land on Plymouth's short grass runway! It was struck off charge in 1976, and was burnt on the RAF Valley fire dump.
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Registration / Serial:XM665
Military Code:CU-L
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-55 Whirlwind
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Plymouth Air Show 1963
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact
Photo ID:495885Submit Correction
View count: 153
Written off on 9 October 1968 in a forced landing in a field near Weymouth. Although it was repaired at Fleetlands it never flew again, and it was eventually preserved by the Royal Australian Navy Museum in Nowra, NSW, where it has been since April 1994. The Varsity behind is WJ943/S, and must have been a challenge to land on Plymouth's short grass runway! It was struck off charge in 1976, and was burnt on the RAF Valley fire dump.
Registration / Serial:XM665
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-55-2 Whirlwind HAS7
C/n (msn):WA256
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Plymouth - City (EGHD / PLH) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:15 June 1963
Photo by:Chris EnglandContact