Première Guerre du Golfe : 20 mars 1991 la vue à l'intérieur du cockpit d'un 845 Naval Air Squadron Westland Sea King HC. MK 4/HAS. Hélicoptère MK 5, numéro de série ZA312 B, alors qu'il stationne près de la superstructure du HMS Dulverton au large du port de Shuaiba au Koweït.

• Contributeur: Johnny Saunderson / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2WNKKX9
• Taille du fichier: 123,7 MB (3,7 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 8000 x 5405 px | 67,7 x 45,8 cm | 26,7 x 18 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 20 mars 1991
• Lieu: Persian Gulf, off Shuaiba, Kuwait.

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Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

On the 19th January 1991, while landing to pick up troops, north of Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia, the tail rotor struck large boulder (Cat 4 damage). The crew was Lt JE Humphries and Lt BJ O´Sullivan. It was then airlifted by RAF Chinook to Al Jubayl and repaired by the 1st February 1991. 845 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. Part of the Commando Helicopter Force, it is a specialist amphibious unit providing troop transport and load lifting support to the United Kingdom Commando Force and wider elements of the Royal Marines. In 2012, the squadron celebrated 50 years since it was awarded "commando" status. It is based at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) in Somerset, United Kingdom. The war was officially over, but the work of dealing with Iraqi munitions continued both on land and at sea. During their occupation of Kuwait, the Iraqis had mined all the shipping lanes around Kuwait's ports. Saddam Hussein's army invaded Kuwait on August 2nd 1990 and were driven out by coalition forces after a five-week air war followed by a 100 hour ground war at the end of February 1991.

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