Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa555

Built 1967





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa555 Register XT773 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1967. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT773

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA555, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XT773, 01/08/1967
to 9123M, unk
to Shawbury dump, unk.
del into long term storage, spending time between Fleetlands, Lee and Wroughton until c mid 1973
707Sq/WB by Aug 1974
845 Sq ?, 772Sq/510-PO by Apr 1976, 772Sq/620-PO
847Sq/XT by May 1982, Yeovilton store
771Sq/(8)26 by Nov 1986 until c Mar 1987 772 NAS
1979-07-2222jul79 coded 510-PO 772NAS 772 NAS
1991-10 A EGUD G I Airframe to Abingdon (9123M) for BDRT Oct 1991, still Feb 1992
1992-06 B EGDX G I Airframe to St Athan for BDRT by Jun 1992, still Jan 1994
2005 C EGOS G I Airframe to Shawbury by , on its side by Sep 2012.
2013-01 C EGOSRN
dump (9123M)

united kingdom Royal Marines

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




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