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I was standing in the Sainsburys carpark yesterday afternoon and watched as a military helicopter circled overhead, getting ever closer. It dropped out of sight and I assumed it landed in the field behind Sainsburys. Anyone else see it or know what it was doing? It was definitely a military helicopter and not a Police or ambulance one.

It was an Agusta Westland AW101, commonly referred to in the RAF as a Merlin


Its' normal use is as an anti-submarine warfare & medium-lift transport / utility helicopter (removes anorak)


Looked as if it was reccying a suitable place to set down when I saw it from the lane


The Hamlets pitch would have been big enough.


Certainly not a regular occurance

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