The Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter XS518, coded V/B of 848 Naval Air Squadron from the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) near Penarek, Trengganu, Malaysia

The Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter XS518, coded V/B, of 848 Naval Air Squadron from the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948), hovering just above the ground during the assault phase of exercise Bersatu Padu on the east coast of Malaysia near Penarek, Terengganu. She has either just delivered an underslung load or she is preparing to lift a load.

Object Details

ID: PM7925/19
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Date made: June 1970
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm