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Built 1973 by Westland Helicopters Ltd of Weston-Super Mare in Somerset as a Gazelle HT Mk3, this aircraft is one of 32 Gazelles delivered to the Royal Air Force. Others served with the Army Air Corps and Fleet Air Arm.

Originally used as a helicopter pilot trainer at RAF Ternhill in Shropshire, XW855 moved to No.32 Squadron at RAF Northolt in Greater London in 1976, where it was used as a short-range light communications/fast VIP transport, following modification to HCC4 VIP transport standard.
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Author Michael Gaylard from Horsham, UK
Camera location51° 35′ 58.08″ N, 0° 14′ 20.23″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Michael Gaylard at https://flickr.com/photos/16564965@N04/28521703608 (archive). It was reviewed on 4 March 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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