Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa183

Built 1964





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa183 Register XS514 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa183 Register XS514 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills



Aircraft History





XS514

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1964-11-03RN
HU.5 type
Delivered 03Nov64
845Squadron 06Jan69
845Squadron (HMS Hermes) noted Biggin Hill 19May73 coded M.H
845Squadron (HMS Hermes) noted RNAS Yeovilton 04Jun77 coded E.H
845Squadron noted 05Apr78 at RAF Aldergrove 05Apr78 coded L
AES (Air Engineering School)RNAS Lee on Solent 03Jul86 coded L, Total Time 5205:25, noted 07Jul86
allocated training reg A2740 later A2653
AETS HMS Sultan noted coded L.PO 01Dec97 and 12Apr10
1971-10-31 A LMML Damaged 845 Sq/M-B by May 1971. Damaged during tornado at RAF Luqa on 31 Oct 1971. 845 NAS RAF Luqa tornado
1985 845Sqn /L 845 NAS
1988-09-27 B EGHF27 as instructional airframe with the Air Engineering School (AES) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent


united kingdom Royal Marines

reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XA 847NAS 1982
1982-05-13 C HMS Raleigh mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XA noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate




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