XR456
Fareastdriver & Sycamore,
Poor old '456 stayed in the Far East and was with 103 Sqn when its engine stopped on 5 Nov 68, somewhere near Mersing. It went through the trees and ended up on the jungle floor. Although the pilot received back injuries, the crewman and another NCO were not too badly bashed about but 456 is still where she fell.
Pilot recovered and went on to be a stash at a well known helicopter base near Basingstoke (not an officers' town) and was last heard of living on a boat in marina in Cambridgeshire.
In a similar vein, I have somewhere a photo of XJ412 - another WW10 - perched on the very top of Tinker's Hill in Sabah. She had a tail rotor failure but it was too inaccessible to get her out and there she remains. At the time, she could be seen from miles away, sitting there and looking very sad but I expect she's buried beneath the canopy now, unless some enterprising local has dismantled her for scrap! If I can figure out how to do it, I'll post a pickkie.
Toodle Pip
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