Wessex - T-shirt Javelin It replaced the Avro Shackleton

It replaced the Avro Shackleton in the anti-submarine role and anti-surface warfare

Controversially the programme was scrapped by the British Government in 1965

Having served in Vietnam and the Gulf war the Aardvark retired in 1996

Alcock and Brown landed their aircraft in a bog near Clifden

Wessex - T-shirt Javelin It replaced the Avro ShackletonWestland Wessex The Westland Wessex was a British development of the Sikorsky H 34 and first entered service with the Royal Navy in 1961. The type was later used by the Royal Air Force and a number of civilian versions were built. The Wessex was used for anti submarine warfare, but was better known for its role as a search and rescue helicopter. The HCC4 version was used on the Queen's Flight of the RAF to transport VIPs and members of the Royal