ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161673
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Date: | Saturday 8 December 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 |
Owner/operator: | HMS Hermes Ships Flt RN |
Registration: | XK935 |
MSN: | WA/162 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1 mile from HMS Hermes, Gulf of Aden -
Yemen
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Ocean, Gulf of Aden |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On 8/12/1962, XK935 ("H-985") a Westland Whirlwind HAR.7 of HMS Hermes Ships Flight ditched into the Gulf of Aden after the engine started to scream while in a starboard turn due to apparent clutch failure. It yawed to port and ditched one mile off the starboard side of HMS Hermes. The three crew were rescued. This incident as the second loss of a Whirlwind HAS.7 of the HMS Hermes Ships Flight in three weeks (see also the crash of XN360 on 16/11/1962)
As a point of reference, HMS Hermes had sailed from Mombasa, Kenya on 26/11/1962, and arrived at Gibraltar (via the Suez Canal) on 10/12/1962
Sources:
1.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1962.htm 2.
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/26621/ 3.
http://www.onstuis.co.uk/harbour.html 4.
http://www.axfordsabode.org.uk/pdf-docs/hermes17.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Oct-2013 03:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
04-Jun-2015 21:47 |
Angel dick one |
Updated [Operator] |
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