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Which Aerodrome Mk III
Here is one I repared earlier...54 yrs ago..not a normal LZ ,but there is an airfield about 15 miles away....
dook, anyone you recognise....?
SLB,right aircraft,and sqdn , wrong area...QDM300/75,
not Sabah ...check the guy ,front left...try zooming
not Sabah ...check the guy ,front left...try zooming
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"Sank into soft ground at Tinker Hill, Malaysia after tail rotor failure in the hover. It was abandoned as inaccessible"
05/11/66
edit: obviously incorrect,
05/11/66
edit: obviously incorrect,
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Kuching
Squadron 225
“Another crash was XP398 which was recovered and brought back to base underslung from a Belevedere.”
Squadron 225
“Another crash was XP398 which was recovered and brought back to base underslung from a Belevedere.”
dook,that reference is to another aircraft that may still be on that mountain;not mine although I had a t/r come off a week before this....the chap on the left is the twin brother of.......
SLB is nearest...
SLB is nearest...
SLB,getting closer,try 333/10621 smoots....
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Good morning Mr. Helicopter.
Anywhere near Lundu or Sematan ?
edit: I have also found a reference to a beach at Baco.
Trying to fathom 333/10621 smoots !
Anywhere near Lundu or Sematan ?
edit: I have also found a reference to a beach at Baco.
Trying to fathom 333/10621 smoots !
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dook, SLB was nearest but from Kuching airfield,333/10621 smoots is bearing/dist. to crash site(use the ruler on GE to convert).
I was detached many times to Lundu. 2 pilots 8 g/crew,1 aircraft plus an Army B-47;Baco is another name for what is now the Pandan beach resort,due N from Lundu,,,,Sematan had an old Jap airfield E-W just inside the coast N of the village.
We operated from the football pitch in the centre of the village,surrounde by schools on 2 sides,the kids loved it; there was also an airstrip built a mile NE,but now gone.
dook,apologies,,took it from wrong point, 345/13800 smoots....anyway ,this is a day out on the beach,and real low flying...can`t see the spray..!
Close enough dook...actually if you have the `gallery `layer,there are photos of the beach now,Pasir Pandak; Kampung is just Malay for village...
The engine quit over the other side of the estuary at about 1500`,so it was an autorotation to that beach,or get wet...We were going out to HMS Albion to do a troop changeover.
The chap at front left was Dick Langworthy,twin of Bill,renowned Jag pilot.....
Clear to `lock and load`.....
The engine quit over the other side of the estuary at about 1500`,so it was an autorotation to that beach,or get wet...We were going out to HMS Albion to do a troop changeover.
The chap at front left was Dick Langworthy,twin of Bill,renowned Jag pilot.....
Clear to `lock and load`.....