This has to be HMS Albion. HMS Bulwark carried Wessex Whirlwind HAS 7 helicopters,flown and maintained by 848 Naval Air Squadron. The helicopters shown are Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopters. When HMS Albion came out to "singers" in 1962, she had on board...
This has to be HMS Albion. HMS Bulwark carried Wessex Whirlwind HAS 7 helicopters,flown and maintained by 848 Naval Air Squadron. The helicopters shown are Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopters. When HMS Albion came out to "singers" in 1962, she had on board Wessex choppers operated by 845 NAS. The changeover was carried out in Mombasa and coincided with the assault on Limbang, meaning that we had to fly to Labuan* on an RAF aircraft.
*The airfield at Brunel was not big enough.
Posted by Victor Balsdon on Thu Jul 10 21:28:20 2025
Wessex Mark 5 Helicopters on deck of Commando Carrier either HMS “Bulwark” or HMS “Albion”
Posted by David Prichard on Fri Aug 14 22:17:20 2020
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| show fullshow summaryThis has to be HMS Albion. HMS Bulwark carried Wessex Whirlwind HAS 7 helicopters,flown and maintained by 848 Naval Air Squadron. The helicopters shown are Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopters. When HMS Albion came out to "singers" in 1962, she had on board...
This has to be HMS Albion. HMS Bulwark carried Wessex Whirlwind HAS 7 helicopters,flown and maintained by 848 Naval Air Squadron. The helicopters shown are Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopters. When HMS Albion came out to "singers" in 1962, she had on board Wessex choppers operated by 845 NAS. The changeover was carried out in Mombasa and coincided with the assault on Limbang, meaning that we had to fly to Labuan* on an RAF aircraft.
*The airfield at Brunel was not big enough.
Posted by Victor Balsdon on Thu Jul 10 21:28:20 2025
Wessex Mark 5 Helicopters on deck of Commando Carrier either HMS “Bulwark” or HMS “Albion”
Posted by David Prichard on Fri Aug 14 22:17:20 2020