Hi all
My wife’s grandfather was on the Campania during operation Hurricane in the Monte bello islands in 1952 and I have been wondering if any of the aircraft used in the bomb test serial numbers are known or if any are preserved in museums ? I have a photo of the Campania with what looks like 2 Dragonfly’s and a sea otter on deck. He told me one Dragonfly was flown through the mushroom cloud to collect samples 😮 so that one probably got thrown off the side on the way home but does anyone know what happened to the other or the Sea otter ?
Andy
By: dyvroeth - 11th February 2012 at 12:56
Dragonflies on HMS Campania
Don’t know about the Sea Otter, but the Dragonfly HR.3 were WG663, WG664 and WG665. As far as I know, they all made it back home.
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October 17, 2007 at 8:19 pm