The entrance to the temporary base of 845 Naval Air Commando Squadron at Sibu, Sarawak.

A general view of the entrance to the temporary base of a detachment of 845 Naval Air Commando Squadron at Sibu, Sarawak, which operated from 19 August 1963 to 23 June 1965 during the Indonesian and Malaysian Confrontation. Two Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopters, XS 128 coded F/B and XS 154 coded V/B, are on the ground.

Object Details

ID: PCT19528
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Events: Indonesian and Malaysian confrontation, 1963-1966
Date made: October 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm