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Royal Navy helicopters in Ireland
« on: February 09, 2006, 08:31:39 am »
In November 1948 two Sikorsky Hoverfly 1s came to Ireland to assist in a hydrographic survey of the Irish coast. They were based for a time at Gormanston. One of the pilots was Lt (A) Ken Reed, the CO of 705 NAS (he would later become a test pilot for Westlands). On 21.5.50 one of the helicopters crash landed in the churchyard of the C of I at Youghal , this was FT837 flown by Lt Powell. Then between 1.3.51 and 9.4.51 a Dragonfly HR.1, flown by Lt Taylor also came over. Does anyone have information about any of this? If you want to contact me by e-mail it is gcwarner@hotmail.com
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« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2006, 05:19:47 pm »
Im sure the brilliant minds here such as GTTC and all the others will come up with what your looking for! Oh and welcome to the Board hope you enjoy your stay and will be a regular poster on this most enjoyable site!

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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2006, 10:04:11 am »
Thanks for the good wishes

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