Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa157

Built 1963 - Scrapped 1995





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa157 Register XS483 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS483

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA157, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XS483, 25/01/1964
scr. Lee-on-Solent, 1995.
1964-02 A EGDR700V IFTU/E by Feb 1964, 848Sq/E by May 1964, 848Sq/E-A by Dec 1964 still by Mar 1966 700 NAS
1966-10-11E-A B Okehampton Camp Accident damaged undercarriage leg while landing at Okehampton, returned to Culdrose where it was fixed in the hover. 848 NAS
1968-07E-CU A EGDR846Sq/E-CU by Jul 1968 to c Oct 1969, 845Sq/F-B by Jan 1970 846 NAS
1971-10-31F-B C LMML Damaged 845 Sq/F-B by May 1971. Damaged during tornado at RAF Luqa on 31 Oct 1971. 845 NAS RAF Luqa tornado
845Sq/F-H by Sep 1973. 846Sq/VH-B by Jul 1979. 845 NAS
1982-04-02T D GBROY RFA Resource 845Sq /T, landed on RFA Resource at Rosyth on 2 Apr 1982, for South Atlantic. 845 NAS Operation Corporate
845Sq/T by Sep 1984 flying from HMS Fearless
To A2746 at Lee-on-Solent by May 1995
scr. Lee-on-Solent by Dec 1995.




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