Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 34

Built 1961 - Written off 1971





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 34 Register XM875 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1961. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XM875

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1961-08-03Westland Wessex HAS.1 del Royal Navy 03aug61
w/o 20may71 ditched off Portland on Weymouth Bay, Dorset near USS Bigelow (DD-942) whilest carrying press during NATO STANAVFORLANT exercise. 3 fatalities
I was on the forward AA with two lookouts on board the USS Bigelow and saw it happen. RD3 Curtis Deal




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