Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa164

Built 1964 - Written off 1972 - Scrapped 1980





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa164 Register XS490 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa164 Register XS490 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills



Aircraft History





XS490

apr64
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA164, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XS490, 06/04/1964
w/o 27/09/1972
scr. Lee-on-Solent, 1980.
1972-09-27G Accident crashed in Norway 845 NAS
1974-06G A Seafield Park G I AIrframe At Seafield Park by Jun 1974, still 1977.
1977-12 B EGVF Dump as /G, to Fleetlands dump by Dec 1977
1979-01-31 C EGHF at dumped at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)


1980-03 C EGHF Dumped Lee-on-Solent fire dump as /G by Mar 1980.
C EGHF Dumped Lee-on-Solent fire dump as /G by Mar 1980.




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