The Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter coded B/S of 847 or 848 Naval Air Squadron from the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) near Penarek, Trengganu, Malaysia
The Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter coded B/S, of 847 or 848 Naval Air Squadron from the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948), hovering above the ground during the assault phase of exercise Bersatu Padu on the east coast of Malaysia near Penarek, Terengganu. She has discharged her load of Royal Marines of 40 Commando. 19 HU.5s from the Bulwark landed over 800 commandos with all their equipment in six hours during this exercise.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7925/21 |
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| 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 |