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Ditching Survivor - Oblique Stbd side view of the Flight Deck/ Instrument Panel of RAN Westland Wessex HAS.31A N7-221 WA221 Code 831, taken at the Vietnam Veterans Museum, Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria on 09Nov2014. History: First Flight 23May1963. Ditched on take off from HMAS Melbourne 05May1967 due to engine failure. Aircraft recovered. On 25Jun1975 experienced an engine failure at 6000ft and made an emergency landing at Durras Beach NSW. Withdrawn from Service 31Dec1989. To Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra 1991. Later Transferred to Newhaven. (Ref: ADF-Serials.)

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Ditching Survivor - Oblique Stbd side view of the Flight Deck/ Instrument Panel of RAN Westland Wessex HAS.31A N7-221 WA221 Code 831, taken at the Vietnam Veterans Museum, Newhaven, Phillip Island, Victoria on 09Nov2014. History: First Flight 23May1963. Ditched on take off from HMAS Melbourne 05May1967 due to engine failure. Aircraft recovered. On 25Jun1975 experienced an engine failure at 6000ft and made an emergency landing at Durras Beach NSW. Withdrawn from Service 31Dec1989. To Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra 1991. Later Transferred to Newhaven. (Ref: ADF-Serials.)

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