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Registration: ZA136

Construction Number: WA897

Code Number: 251

Military Unit: 824 Squadron

Model Westland Sea King HAS.5

Operator: Royal Navy

Airport: RFA Fort Austin, UK - England

Photographer: Kev Slade

Date Taken: 02/06/1988

Date Submitted: 28/01/2010

Operating with A Flight from RFA Fort Austin on Sea King HAS.6 sonics trials. Photo taken during land away to Rockall to maintain British Sovereignty on the island. Ditched September 1998 in North Sea following hydraulic leak and fire in rear cabin. The fuselage went to HMS Sultan at Gosport.

Picture ID:1212853

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