Archaeological remains are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.

The remains of this aircraft are designated as a Protected Place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. The Act makes it an offence to interfere with the wreckage of any crashed, sunken or stranded military aircraft without a licence. For further information on this Act and its administration with regard to aircraft, please contact the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre, RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, GL3 1RZ.

Event and Historical Information:
This Whirlwind Helicopter was assigned to HMS Goldcrest (Brawdy) and was on a Search and Rescue test flight on the 24 July 1963. The aircraft crashed at 0915 hrs, 15 minutes after take off. The aircraft plummeted through fog and crashed into a ditch at the edge of a cornfield near Troedyrhiw Farm, just outside the airfield boundary. On crashing the aircreaft overturned, split in half and burst into flames. The three aircrew killed.

Sources include:
Dyfed Archaeological Trust HER ref: 105340
HMS GOLDCREST Book of Remembrance
Royal Fleet Air Arm Museum Database, RNAS Yeovilton, RCAHMW Digital Collections (faaroh.wales.htm)
Pyper, A, 2013, Military Aircraft Crash Sites in South West Wales, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Report

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2014