Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa288

Built 1965





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa288 Register XT466 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT466

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA288, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XT466, 19/10/1965
to No.2 SoTT Cosford as 8921M, 03/02/1987
to Weeton Barracks as A2617, Preston, 1992
to AESS Gosport, 1997
to Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffordshire for display, 2009.
1981-06-27528-CU A EGVInoted at Greenham Common Air Show. 771 NAS
to RNAY Wroughton Dec 1982
to 8921M 2 SoTT RAF Cosford by Feb 1987 until c Dec 1991
1993 B Weeton G I AIrframe to Weeton Barracks for embark / deplaning training, until c 1996
1997-12 C HMS Sultan G I Airframe to A2617, to HMS Sultan Gosport /XV by Dec 1997 still Jan 2000, Apr 2007, Oct 2009.
2009-11 D Whittington Barracks Gate Guard to Whittington Barracks as Gate Gauardian late 2009, gone by Apr 2016.
2017-12 E Dallachy Dec17 at Spey Bay Salvage awaitng uplift to Morayvia for display in RN SAR colour scheme

united kingdom Royal Marines

reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XV 847NAS 1982
1982-05-13 F HMS Raleigh mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XV noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate

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2018-0828 G Morayvia Exhibit at Morayvia, Kinloss and being repainted




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