Trying to tie up two individual Whirlwinds in the 275 Sqdn ORB in June 1959. They are logged as 163 and 183 neither of which tie up with any serial blocks in the XA to XZ serial range. I can only find two Whirlwinds allocated to 275 Sqdn which are XJ430 and XJ761 which I presume must be 163 & 168 but which is which?
Any help is very much appreciated
By: airfield - 3rd May 2022 at 20:39
Thanks Guys
I obviously need new specs ? XD163 and 183 certainly did serve with 275 squadron, thanks Paul and to Plough for the additional info. when 275 Sqdn were stood down 228 Sqdn assumed their duties so its fair to assume the aircraft were just transferred over
By: plough - 3rd May 2022 at 14:15
XD163 is restored and resides in The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare. According to the history and restoration page on the Friends of the Helicopter Museum website (http://www.hmfriends.org.uk/restorwhirl.htm), it served as a Mk4 with 275/228 Sqns at Leuchars from 1959, and subsequently at Leconfield (having previously been with 155 Sqd at Kuala Lumpur).
There is reference on this page: (https://www.dhc-2.com/RAF%20Leuchars.html) to XD183 operating with 228 Sqd at Leuchars in 1960 in the caption to a photo of XD183, and another taken at Leconfield a few months later on another page – (https://www.aviationphotocompany.com/p863681882/h563612BD#h563612bd) – likely that the two squadrons shared the same aircraft?
By: PalmTree1 - 3rd May 2022 at 09:48
Open to correction, but I believe XD163 and XD183 were both Whirlwinds though I have no idea if they served with 275 Sqdn.
Paul
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