Westland Wessex HC2, XR524 / WA/146, Royal Air Force
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Registration: XR524
Construction Number: WA/146
Code Number: F
Military Unit: 72 Squadron
Model Westland Wessex HC2
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: AAC Middle Wallop (EGVP), UK - England
Airshow: Middle Wallop - International Air Show - 1982
Photographer: Kev Slade
Date Taken: 23/07/1982
Date Submitted: 07/01/2010
Written off in August 1993 after crashing into Lyn Padarn lake, Llanberis, Gwynedd following a tail rotor failure. Three crew and one ATC cadet escaped but three cadets sadly drowned. Wreckage to RAF Shawbury.
Picture ID:1208873