Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 7

Built 1959 - Scrapped 1988





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 7 Register XM326 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Ministry of Defence (MoD). Built 1959. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XM326

aug59
united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

dd Aug 1959 to Westland. Used as trials aiframe at several MoD establishments until c Jun 1962, when it was brought back to HAS.1 standard by Westland and issued to FAA some time in Autumn/Winter 1963.

jun62
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

RN Wessex HAS.1 f/f 07jul59 d/d 28aug59
scr Portland, 1988
814 Sq/342-V by Nov 1964, 814 Sq/272-V
Victorious SAR Flt/266-V by Oct 1967
Eagle SAR Flt/147-E by Apr 1969 until Jan 1972.
1972-07 A EGHF771Sq/421-PO by Apr 1972, until c Feb 1974. Part of 771Sq team at 6th Int. SAR competition, Jul 1972 771 NAS 6th International Helicopter SAR Competition
1975-07515-PO B EGDP 772 NAS 772Sq/515-PO by Jul 1975 772 NAS
1976-04 C EGDT Stored Wroughton store by Apr 1976
1978-01 D EGDR Stored Culdrose store by Jan 1978
1979-02 B EGDP Dumped Portland by Feb 1979 on dump by Jul 1979
1979-07-22 B EGDP Dumped 22jul79 coded 615-PO on dump at Portland
1982-11 B EGDP Dumped still on Portland dump by Nov 1982
scr. Portland by Jul 1988




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