Westland Wessex HAS.31

C/N wa222

Built 1963 - Written off 1974





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.31 Serial wa222 Register N7-222 used by Fleet Air Arm (RAN) RAN (Royal Australian Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





N7-222

australia Fleet Air Arm (RAN)

1963-06-29Westland Wessex Mk.31A, c/n WA222, f/f:21/06/63
del RAN as N7-222, 832, 29Jun63
With LEUT Leck(P), RAN & LEUT Ledger(P), RAN, asgd HT 725 Sqdn.
Attached to HMAS Stalwart.
Crashed 12/11/74 during a forced landing on beach at Stockyard Point in the ShoalWater Bay, QLD training area North of Rockhampton after experiencing loss of engine power at 30 metres altitude.
Airlifted by RAAF Chinook helicopter to Rockhampton.
On 04/05/86 embarked in HMAS SUCCESS.
Currently at RSTT Wagga Wagga. (To be a part of the RAN Historic Flight?)
1998-10-14832 A YSWG G I Airframe ex HMAS Success Flt, at RSTT Wagga Wagga, still Oct 2005.
2015-12832 B FAAM, Nowrato FAAM Museum, Nowra
2019832 C Albion Park Exhibit On display at HARS Aviation Museum, Albion Park




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