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Offline Furryforest

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« on: November 11, 2020, 06:52:55 PM »
I’m trying to find out information on Wessex XT456 that is currently laid up at BFS.

I’ve been told a story about it’s demise but I’m trying to find out anymore details/corroborate what I’ve been told.

So far I’ve found that it was a Royal Navy helo.


Cheers in advance
« Last Edit: November 12, 2020, 09:03:40 AM by Furryforest »
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Re: XT456
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2020, 01:03:48 PM »
Last time I seen her you could see the bullet holes riddled all around the engine...
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Re: XT456
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2020, 01:39:22 PM »
That's the story i'm trying to find out but drawing a blank on the internet
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Re: XT456
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2020, 02:10:58 PM »

It was assigned to the Battle Damage Repair Team at Aldergrove as 8941M which would explain its ventilated state.

On a tangent, here's a wee snippet of its adventures in the South Atlantic in 1982.

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Re: XT456
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2020, 02:57:30 PM »
I found this pic taken early 2000`s.

It was damaged in a tornado at RAF Luqa Malta October 1971 and has been at Aldergrove since Nov 1987

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Re: XT456
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2020, 07:04:23 PM »
Cheers folks
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Re: XT456
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2020, 07:15:28 PM »
Where is she sitting at Aldergrove? Don't remember ever seeing her, even when airside. Going by a photo it looks like she was close to the big blue building close to the Trident. But I've been over that way on a tour and don't remember seeing XT456.
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Re: XT456
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2020, 07:55:46 PM »
It used to be same area as the Trident near the old Woodgate Hanger but I think it may have been moved.
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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2020, 11:06:37 PM »
She’s still beside the Trident
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