Kingston BayJamaica while operating in Kingston Bay, Jamaica, Vidal Flt Hiller HTE.1 XB520 settled gently into the water and sank. Airframe recovered but was w/o.
1954-aug
Aircraft
Ships Flight replaced with Hiller HTE.1 XB516, until c Oct 1957
1954-oct-12
Deployment
Port au Prince humanitarian support to Haiti, after the western part of the island was hit by Hurricane Hazel on 11 Oct.
1955-sep-18
Deployment
Rockall To uninhabited North Atlantic island of Rockall to raise a Union Flag. Temp assigned Dragonfly HR.1 VZ965 as Ships Flt for the duty.
1957-oct-31
Aircraft
Ships Flt (then with Dragonfly) administered by 701 Squadron.
1958-feb
Aircraft
assigned 701 Sq V Flt Dragonfly HR.5 WP501 as /705 by Feb 1958, until 9 Dec 1959.
1959-dec-9
Aircraft
Davis StraitAccident assigned 701 Sq V Flt Dragonfly WP501/705 ditched on take-off and sank 9 Dec 1959 in Davis Strait, 60nm W of Greenland
1960-feb
Aircraft
Dragonfly WH991 allocated as 701 Sq V Flt in Feb 1960 but damaged on 9 Mar during transportation to ship, in Trinidad.
1961-aug-14
Aircraft
701 V Flight reformed with Dragonfly WG671/969. With a short gap between May and Sep 1963, the Flt remained in commission with Dragonfly until Jul 1965