Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa294

Built 1965





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa294 Register XT472 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa294 Register XT472 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location
By Al Henderson



Aircraft History





XT472

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

845Sq/G-H by Sep 1973, 845Sq/(Y)M by Jul 1979, 847 Sq/XC May 1982, RNAY Wroughton, Netheravon, G.I. RAF Hullavington by 1987. pres. (rotorless) THM Weston-super-Mare by Mar 1996 /XC, still Feb 2000. 845 NAS
1987To Helicopter Museum W-s-M, by
1993-07-2424jul93 preserved at International Helicopter Museum (IHM), Weston-Super-Mare


2018-09-22 A EGFI Reserve Collection 22 Sep 2018 in open storage / XC, minus folding tail outside Helicopter Museum

united kingdom Royal Marines

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




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