Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 Serial wa364 Register XP348 used by Royal Air Force RAF Track service timeline and current status.
Westland Whirlwind HAR.10, c/n WA364, ff: 09Feb62 del Royal Air Force as XP348, 06Mar62 w/o 03Jun64.
1964-06-03
w/o 03jun64 flew into the ground near Midhurst, Sussex suffering blade stall. This occurs when the ‘retreating’ blade stalls because the aircraft is travelling too fast causing insufficient airflow over the blade. The remedy is to slow down but in this case the pilot went into a dive to increase speed. Both crew were killed
