C/N wa272
Built 1965 -
Written off
1983 -
Scrapped 1994 | | |
Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa272 Register XT450 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location
XT450 | | | | | Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA272, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XT4xx, 01/04/1965, perished Predannack by 07/1997.  | | | conv into Green Parrot and xfer 781Sqn, unk 781 NAS | | | 707Sq/U-CU by Jul 1965 still 1971, 781Sq/(818) by Jul 1972 still Apr 1979, 845Sq/(Y)V by Feb 1980, 845Sq C Flt/(Y)V by Apr 1982. 781 NAS | | 1982-02-19 | | A RMB Bickleigh | 845Sq/V, visited RMB on 19 Feb 1982 845 NAS | | 1982-05-08 | | B EGDY | 845Sq /V, despatched via chartered Belfast C.1 from Yeovilton on 8 May 1982 to Ascension Island. Operation Corporate | | 1982-05-14 | | C Georgetown | embarked RFA Tidespring on 14 May 1982 at Ascension Island as 845Sq C Flt attrition replacement. Operation Corporate | | | 845Sq /(Y)V, still by Sep 1983
damaged during heavy landing in Turkey 10 Oct 1983 to NASU Yeovilton. 845 NAS | | 1984-05 | | D EGDO | to Predannack by May 1984 still Feb 1990, perished Predannack by Dec 1994. |
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