Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa185

Built 1964





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa185 Register XS516 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa185 Register XS516 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis



Aircraft History





XS516

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

845Sq/V-B by Aug 1966 still Sep 1968
845Sq/U by Sep 1969
845Sq/U-B by Jul 1972
845Sq/U-H by Sep 1973
845Sq/X-H by Mar 1975
845Sq/J-H by Mar 1977
845Sq/Q-VL by Feb 1979
847 Sq/XD May 1982
845Sq/Q by May 1984 845Sq/YQ
to A2739 Lee by Aug 1986 still Mar 1993
to HMS Sultan Gosport
to Predannack 2 Dec 1999 still there by Aug 2005, Apr 2007
Privately owned Four Lanes (south of Redruth) by Apr 2010 845 NAS
1967-09V-B A Terendak Campnoted at Trenedak Camp. 845 NAS
19851985 846Sqn /Q 846 NAS
2005-08-16 B Predannack 711-DD at Predannack with plenty of battle damage repair practice panels


B Predannack 711-DD South Side Mullion, Cornwall

united kingdom Royal Marines

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




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