Aerospatiale SA330E Puma

C/N 1139

Built 1971 - Written off 2007





Helicopter Aerospatiale SA330E Puma Serial 1139 Register XW218 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1971. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XW218

24Nov71
united kingdom Royal Air Force

RAF Puma HC1 ff 25oct71, dd 24nov71
230 Sq/DB by Sep72
tail rotor struck ground 27sep72 near Thetford while with 230 Sq
Initially assessed as beyond economic repair.
1976 A GBWSM Repair , first Puma to be repaired by Westland plant at Oldmixon, returned to RAF in Aug
1984-08-18DT B Leck FlugplatzLeck Flugtag, 230Sqn./DT 230 Squadron
Repaired
230 Sq /DT by May 1984 still 1992
18 Sq/BW by 1993 still 1996
18 Sq/BX? by 1997
PASF (Benson) by 1998
33 Sq by Oct 1999
33 Sq by 2004
PASF, 230 Sq by Jun 2005
33 Sq by Feb 2006 18 Squadron
1995 18Sqn /BW
2007 33Sqn. 18 Squadron
2007-04-15 Accident w/o asg 1563 Flt then CAT5 accident in Iraq
It landed too close to the section leader (XW211) and the main blades intertwined Operation Telic
2008-03-05 C EGOS Stored to Shawbury store 5 Mar 2008
wreck still present at Shawbury May 2009, still Dec 2015




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