c 1100nm WNW of LuandaAccident assigned Wasp HAS.1 XS540 as 829 NAS Aurora Flt/455-AU, until lost W of Angola, after catastrophic in flight engine failure and fire on 17 Apr 1968.
1968-apr
Aircraft
transferred 829 NAS Wasp XT434 in from HMS Gurkha to replace XS540. HMS Gurkha was heading back to the UK whilst HMS Aurora was preparing for a Beira Patrol and subsequent Far East deployment, until she returned to the UK in Nov 1969