Established 13 Jun 1958 by acquisition of some airframes from the Station Flight, which had been using the Sycamore since Jun 1955. The Sycamore was replaced by the Whirlwind HAR.10 between Jan and 28 Mar 1964 and served on, until May 1967. Provided a SAR service until disbanded in Jun 1967, whence the Wessex (which had arrived in Nov 1966) were shipped to RAF Muharraq for its SAR Flight.
78 Squadron operated the first yellow painted SAR Wessex helicopters. They were delivered to Khormaksar in boxes, assembled locally but because of shortcomings in basic SAR equipment (winch hooks that opened unexpectedly, no water proof flooring etc) they were painted with distemper in camoflage colours and used up-country until the various problems were sorted out. Tail numbers were XT 601, 602, 603, 604 and they were the first RAF Wessex with folding tails.
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SAR Flight, Khormaksar List of helicopters |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
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13150 w/o 1963 | Sycamore 4 | 1953 | XE309 : HR.14 Del RAF; Eastleigh Stn Flt;
Aden Protectorate Communication and Su+ | ||||
13265 Scrapped | Sycamore 4 | 1955 | XG504 : Khormaksar SAR Flt; CFS (H); MCS; 32 Sq | ||||
13372 | Sycamore 4 | 1955 | XG518 : HR.14 dd Oct 1955. Amman Stn Flt; Habbinya Stn Flt; El Adem Stn Flt; Khorm+ | - XG518 | |||
13248 w/o 1958 | Sycamore 4 | 1955 | XJ361 : w/o 2 Sep 1958 following tail rotor failure at Khormaksar, while with Khor+ | ||||
13408 | Sycamore 4 | 1956 | XJ898 : 284 Sq; 103 Sq from Aug 1959; 1563 Flt from Aug 1963; Khormaksar SAR Flt; + | ||||
13410 | Sycamore 4 | 1956 | XJ916 : HR.14 built at Weston-super-Mare, del RAF Nov 1956;
275 Sq; Khormaksar SAR+ | ||||
wa150 w/o 1967 | har.2 | 1957 | XL111 : crashed 1 Apr 1967 while with Khormaksar SAR Flt | ||||
13471 w/o 1959 | Sycamore 4 | 1957 | XL828 : w/o asg Khormaksar SAR Flt, destroyed by ground resonance in Aden, 3nm S + | ||||
13474 | Sycamore 4 | 1957 | XL829 : HR.14 dd Dec 1957. Khormaksar SAR Flt until Mar 1964, returned to UK aboar+ | - XL829 | |||
wa528 | hc.2 | 1966 | XT601 : ff 13 Mar 1966, dd 18 Jun 1966; Khormaksar SAR Flt 1966; Muharraq SAR Flt + | ||||
wa529 | hc.2 | 1967 | XT602 : Khormaksar SAR Flt Nov 1966; Muharraq SAR Flt by Dec 1967. | ||||
wa530 | hc.2 | 1966 | XT603 : First flew 10 Jun 1966 as HC.2, delivered 29 Jun 1966; Khormaksar SAR Flt + | 085 | |||
wa531 | hc.2 | 1966 | XT604 : ff 7 Jul 1966, dd 2 Aug 1966 to RAF. Wessex HAR.2; Khormaksar SAR Flt Nov + | - XT604 |
SAR Flight, Khormaksar Operations |
Dates | Operation | |
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1964-jan | 1964-jan | Operation Nutcracker |