A Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter serial XS151, coded R/B, flying over the jungle approaching the landing pad RNAS Nanga Gaat, home of 845 Naval Air Squadron in Sarawak
A slightly distant port bow view of Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter serial XS151, coded R/B, on the approach to the landing pad at RNAS Nanga Gaat, home of 845 Naval Air Squadron in Sarawak. Nanga Gaat is at the confluence of the Sungai Gaat and the Batang Baleh, Sarawak. Nanga Gaat was used as an advanced base for an infantry battalion as well as for the Fleet Air Arm during the Indonesian confrontation which ran from 20 January 1963 to 11 August 1966.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7774/23 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Date made: | October 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |