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Westland hu.5
coded A 781Squadron (ex 845Sqn) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
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Westland hu.5
as 781Squadron (ex 845Sqn) /U at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
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Westland hu.5
25jun82 coded L/315 of 772Squadron C Flight named "Statler" operating from HMS Illustrious as she sailed from Newcastle before she was officially commissioned. The other aircraft C flight operated was XT485 "Waldorf". Both names after the 2 old men on the Muppets; The carrier went into Portsmouth to take on weapons and stores before sailing to the Falklands on Aug 2 and being commissioned at sea, the first time in Royal Navy history that had ever happened
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Westland hu.5
1980s, as HU.5 type 771Sqd /CU-25 on rescue demonstration off St.Mawes Quey
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Westland hu.5
09 at Predannack airfield
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Westland hu.5
Jun78 as 772Sq /PO-14 at Portland
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Westland hu.5
24jul93 preserved at International Helicopter Museum (IHM), Weston-Super-Mare
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Westland hu.5
on the SAR ramp at Lee-on-Solent whilst operating with 771 Sq
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Westland hu.5
coded /ZM 781Squadron (ex 707Sqn) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent. Note grey SAR tail robbed from another aircraft.
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Westland hu.5
about to depart from the 781 Sq (SAR) operating area with 845 Naval Air Squadron. Note Royal Navy titles removed from the tail post the Falklands conflict
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Westland hu.5
on HMS Illustrious with 772 Sq, A Flight on work up in preparation to proceed South to the Falklands
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Westland hu.5
during the 1980 RNAS Lee-on-Solent Air Day - operated by 781 Sq, VIP Flight
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Westland hu.5
at RNAS Culdrose
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Westland hu.5
09 still in her original RAE Bedford raspberry ripple colour scheme at the RN Fire School at Predannack , Cornwall
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Westland hu.5
at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2010
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Westland hu.5
02 coded LS/811 of 781Squadron SAR Flight at RNAS Lee-on-Solent
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