City / Airport:Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:4 November 1968
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Photo ID:879221Submit Correction
View count: 57
Crashed into the sea off Okinawa on October 25, 1968. The left wing folded on take off from the HMS Hermes. All three crew were killed. It was the second Gannet crash in three days. XL451, which had been at Nowra with XL455 was lost in a non-fatal bolter on the 22nd.
Registration / Serial:XL455
Aircraft Version:Fairey Gannet AEW.3
C/n (msn):F.9438
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:4 November 1968
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
City / Airport:Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:4 November 1968
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)
Photo ID:879221Submit Correction
View count: 57
Crashed into the sea off Okinawa on October 25, 1968. The left wing folded on take off from the HMS Hermes. All three crew were killed. It was the second Gannet crash in three days. XL451, which had been at Nowra with XL455 was lost in a non-fatal bolter on the 22nd.
Registration / Serial:XL455
Aircraft Version:Fairey Gannet AEW.3
C/n (msn):F.9438
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
City / Airport:Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:4 November 1968
Photo from:John Hopton Collection (via Ian McDonell)