Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa282

Built 1965 - Scrapped 1995





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa282 Register XT460 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT460

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

dd 7 Jul 1965
845 Sq/A-B by May 1966
845 Sq/T-H by Sep 1973. 845 NAS
1977-07D-VL A EGDYto 845 NAS / D Jul 1977 845 NAS
1981-12-10K B Seaton Barracks Disembarking 845 Sq/K, part of disembarking shuttle from HMS Invincible to Seaton Barracks on 10 Dec 1981 845 NAS
1982-04-08 A EGDY Wideawake 845Sq /K, despatched via chartered Belfast C.1 from Yeovilton on 8 Apr 1982 to Ascension Island. Operation Corporate
RN
1985 846Sqn./K 846 NAS
1986-10 C EGHF AES Oct 1986 at AES Lee-on-Solent as A2744
1987-03-17 D EGDT Stored to RNAY Wroughton on 17 Mar 1987 for storage.
1991-06-25 C EGHF BDRT returned to AES at Lee-on-Solent 25 Jun 1991. In use for Damage Repair training by Jun 1992. Renumbered A2668 [2nd use], 1993.
to BDR compound May 1995. Scrapped Nov 1995.
to A2744, A2668
scr. Lee-on-Solent Nov 1995




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