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The museum had decided to leave XX411 in the state we received her in while we collected parts and followed up her history.

She had been stripped of parts and used for Battle Damage Repair Training (BDR) however she still has her original Falkland's paint and markings.

I orginally put up this webpage so that I could show Eddy Candlish enough pictures so that he could confirm AeroVenture had XX411.

Although the damage on the port side appear to be bullet holes, when we researched the damage we had to conclude this was damage inflicted ready for battle damage repair training.

It was quite fitting that the restoration of XX411 was undertaken for helicopter repair training for the REME guys.

More BDR on the starboard rear of the tail.

Data plate matched the aircraft logbook and proved XX411's identity.

The real bullet damage is easy to miss, here just above the rudder peddles we can see where a bullet has entered the rotor-head controls probably causing control difficulties. Other bullets hit the engine and entered the cabin.

Click the play button twice to see a video of Gazelles in flight. Please note this features recent French Army Gazelles and the armament is different to the 1982 British Gazelles

Click the play button twice to find out more information about the Royal Marines

Unless other credit given photographs on this site are copyright Jim Keable 2002-2008