Originally Posted by
peterperfect
Couldn't have been a significant prang either, the aircraft looks tip top.
This Whirlwind helicopter - XN258 - never crashed during its career from when it first flew as a HAS Mk7 on 29/8/59 until its last flight around 74/75 after conversion to a HAR Mk9. The worst that happened to it was when the cabin door fell off into the sea off Looe Bar on 27/6/74!!
Book source: Fleet Air Arm Helicopters since 1943