South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum is a
 registered charity number 1051994

 member of the British Aviation
 Preservation Council

  Friday 12th March 2010

AeroVenture, Dakota Way 
Airborne Road, Doncaster Leisure Park 
Doncaster, DN4 7FB (do not use for GPS), UK 

tel 01302 761616 

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Gazelle XX411

Introduction

History

    1. Early Days
    2. Journey South
    3. 21st May 1982
    4. Memorial
    5. Recovery
    6. 3BAS Citation
    7. Sgt Candlish Award

Restoration

    1. Before Restoration
    2. Restoration
    3. Restoration
    4. Restoration
    5. Restoration
    6. Restoration
    7. Restoration

Falklands 25th Anniversary

    1. Waddington Arrival
    2. Falklands 25 Ceremony
    3. Museum Stand Visitors

Return to Aeroventure

    Return to Aeroventure
    Museum Falklands 25th

Falklands Photos

    Bill Belcher

02/07/07 Aeroventure Gazelle and Wessex Return From Waddington

Aeroventure presented Bertie and his team with a hand-made wooden Gazelle model for their wonderful work on restoring Gazelle XX411.

Left to right are SSgt Daren "Bertie" Birtles REME, SSgt Graham Lumsdon REME, SAC Adam King RAF, Cpl Ryan Mason REME, Cpl Mike Wiilliams REME, L/Cpl Terry Ward REME who are all members of 5 Regiment AAC Workshop REME apart from SAC King who is a member of the RAF Aldergrove MT section.

Wessex XS481 showing the special transportation jig

Thanks to Kevan Lewis for these photos