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Date: | Wednesday 20 January 1960 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Westland Whirlwind HAR.2 |
Owner/operator: | 22 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | XJ728 |
MSN: | WA/99 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sea off Padstow, Cornwall -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Westland Whirlwind HAR.2 XJ728 ["H"], "A" Flight, 22 Squadron, RAF St. Mawgan. Written off 20/1/1960: Rotated into the water off Padstow, Cornwall following tail rotor failure caused by the tail rotor control cable breaking. All three crew survived. Wreckage recovered to RAF St Mawgan for crash investigation, after which XJ728 was struck off charge and scrapped,
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.201 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100-XZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 2001 p 50)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/427:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424548 4.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=XJ 5.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205378728 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm 7.
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/26391/ 8.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1960-1969_29.html .
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Sep-2013 18:42 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |
14-Nov-2018 06:50 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
27-Jan-2020 20:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Jan-2020 20:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
27-Jan-2020 22:42 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |