Westland Wessex HAS1, XM845 / WA26, Royal Navy
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Registration: XM845
Construction Number: WA26
Model Westland Wessex HAS1
Operator: Royal Navy
Airport: In Flight - off Penzance, UK - England
Photographer: M West
Date Taken: 08/1979
Date Submitted: 24/12/2006
The Penlee Lifeboat and a Culdrose SAR helicopter put on a rescue display off Penzance Promenade most summers. This lifeboat, the Solomon Browne was lost with all hands on 19 December 1981 in the Union Star disaster a few miles from the photo scene, in conditions so severe the attendant Navy Sea King (XZ574) could not prevent tragedy.
Picture ID:1032817