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Old 26th Aug 2011, 06:22
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More of Osborn's Navy ..


Westland Wessex HU5 XS479 of 848 Squadron off the Yemeni coast in November 1967 (Photo: Joe Barr)

Another Wessex from 848 attached to the Albion. This one involved in the British withdrawal from Aden.

Icing Trials: Was it 'Chalky' (John White) who told me one day on the pads at Brooklands that he was involved in icing trials with the Wessex which resulted in an almost unrecoverable Nr droop - or was that someone else?
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