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23rd Aug 2011, 11:47

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Bill4a

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"The Whirlwinds the British were still using in Borneo had by that time been retired from Vietnamese service. The Vietnamese air force was being re-equipped by hand me down US Marine Corps Wessex (S-58.s). UK Helicopter operations in Borneo in every respect were a generation behind what was occurring directly North across the South China Sea from Jesselton."

If I recall the S55s that the US were using (and retired) were piston powered S55s and we (225 and 110) were flying Gnome powered Whirlwinds that had (far) more power.
Mind you, the drivers (reputedly) would have traded them for Hueys.

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