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Westland Gazelle GR1 XX411 was shot down by Argentinian troups in the Falklands War on 21st May 1982, crash-landing into the sea off Port San Carlos. Its pilot Sgt Andy Evans RM was rescued by co-pilot Sgt Eddy Candlish RM but died of gunshot wounds 20 minutes later.
XX411 was recovered in October 1982 and used for BDR (battle damage repair training) before being bought by members of Aeroventure / South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum as a future restoration project.
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XV139 is a memorial to the British Servicemen and civilians killed during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict.
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XP706's last flight was in July 1985, and she was put into storage at Binbrook initially before being towed out onto the airfield as a decoy a couple of months later. Disposed of to the Lincolnshire Lightning Preservation Society, in late December 1987 they cut her wings and tail off to ease transport and towed her behind a tractor all the way from Binbrook to Strubby airfield. She spent some years there, tucked away in a hangar. Unfortunately little progress was made on restoring the aircraft to complete condition and early in 1999 XP706 was bought by John Jennings and moved to the Bomber County Aviation Museum at Hemswell. With that museum's closure she was bought by Scott Clayton in late 2002 and moved to Aeroventure at Doncaster. Scott is making slow but sure progress on her restoration, and while she still has her wings and tail off, I'm assured she's "getting there"! - See more at: http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/survivor.php?id=131#sthash.mMFX9icy.dpuf
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First photo on AC from the unusual South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum. The museum is built on the site of the original 1930s Doncaster racecourse airfield & very close to the 10 year old Doncaster Sheffield "Robin Hood" Airport (the former Vulcan base RAF Finningley)
The museum has many exhibits, mostly noses or fuselages...but is still well worth a visit
http://www.southyorkshireaircraftmuseum.org.uk/
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