Westland Wasp

C/N f.9721

Built 1968





Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9721 Register M499-06 XV626 used by Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia TLDM (Royal Malaysian Navy) ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1968. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9721 Register M499-06 XV626 used by Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia TLDM (Royal Malaysian Navy) ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1968. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills



Aircraft History





XV626

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

RN, d/d 18 Jun 1968
829Sq Andromeda Flt/472-AM by Mar 1969 until c Oct 1970
To AES Lee-on-Solent Oct 1975 for vibration trials with Southampton University
To NATIU Lee-on-Solent Apr 1978 and returned to service, marked 471 Hero Flt for BBC TV series Warship
829Sq Danae Flt/464-DN by 1978
829 Sq Hecate (013) Flt/414 by Jun 1982 still Feb 1983
To Malaysian Navy as M499-06
21jul79? noted on dump at Lee-on-Solent
Retrieved from dump and returned to flying condition 1979
1980-04-2828Apr80 noted RNAS Portland coded -.617 of 829 Squadron
03Sep81 noted RNAS Portland coded -,601 of 829 Squadron
829 NAS
1981 to 1983 Hecate (OSS) flight for op corporate and survey operation Antarctica and south atlantic. Flight commander hecate flight
1987-04-2222Apr87 noted RNAS Portland coded HR.325 of 829 Squadron, HMS Herald

M499-06

malaysia Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia

ex UK RN as XV626, to Malaysian Navy as M499-06. wfu 26 Sep 2002
1997-04-26 A WMKD during an exercise de-brief






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