Westland Sea King HAS.2

C/N wa 841

Built 1976 - Written off 1982





Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.2 Serial wa 841 Register XZ573 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1976. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XZ573

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1972-05-17 w/o 17may72 lost off HMS Hermes. The crew were rescued and she was sunk by RN gunfire. The cause is recorded as "unserviceable Radar Altimeter" which is believed to be a euphemism for the wrong Range Computer being fitted to the Transmitter/Receiver (i.e. card #6 missing), which would (in an RN Sea King) lead to the Indicators reading 10 times the actual range (in this case, height above sea level).
1976-08-05RN Sea King HAS.2 f/f 05aug76, d/d 13sep76
w/o 18may82 asg 826Sqn during Falklands/Malvinas War, 2 m off HMS Hermes 826 NAS
HAS.2 826Sq/141-TG by Feb 1977
826Sq/141-B by May 1979 still Jun 1979 826 NAS
1979-06-06 A RMB Bickleigh826Sq /141, noted at Bickleigh 6 Jun 1979 826 NAS
1979-07-25 B EGDRRN HAS.2 noted at RNAS Culdrose Air Day coded 143-B with 826NAS 826 NAS

Westland Sea King HAS.5 conv to HAS.5 from Jun 1980
706Sq/593-CU by Jan 1981
820Sq/22 Apr 1982
826Sq by May 1982 706 NAS




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