Three Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopters on the ground at the forward operating base of 845 Naval Air Commando Squadron at Nanga Gaat, Sarawak.

A general view of three Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopters on the ground at the forward operating base of a detachment of 845 Naval Air Commando Squadron at Nanga Gaat in the jungle of Sarawak, which operated from 19 August 1963 to 23 June 1965 during the Indonesian and Malaysian Confrontation. The three aircraft are XS 128 coded F/B, XS 116 coded N/B and XS 127 coded B/B. A flight crew are in the foreground and they are holding their flying helmets and L1A1 SLR rifles.

Object Details

ID: PCT19539
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
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