Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa552

Built 1967





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa552 Register XT770 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1967. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT770

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1969-05Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA552, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XT770, 05/05/1967
xfer 845Sqn, unk
participated in Daily Mail Trans Atlantic Air Race, May69
conv into Green Parrot and xfer 781Sqn, unk
to Paintball park at Shawell, Leicestershire, moved 2008 to diving school Stoney Cove. 781 NAS
781Sq by Apr 1969, to Fleetlands by Dec 1969 for VIP mods, 781Sq/(818 ?) by Apr 1970, 781Sq/(816) by Nov 1970 still Jul 1974 still Mar 1979
Wroughton store by Feb 1980
707Sq/ZP by Mar 1983 still Apr 1984
845Sq/P by Sep 1984
RNAY Wroughton by Mar 1985
to 9055M 1SoTT RAF Halton by Apr 1991, to Bruntingthorpe collection. 781 NAS
1994-09 A Shawell Paintball to Strettons Outdoor Activity Centre Shawell by Sep 1994 still Jul 2005, still Feb 2008, gone by late 2008.

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2008 B Stoney Cove Dive wreck Stoney Cove Diving Centre Leicester from
Used as a submerged diving aid




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