Westland Wasp

C/N f.9571

Built 1964 - Written off 1976





Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9571 Register XS544 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS544

apr64
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

d/d 06 Apr 1964. Zulu Flt/482 by May 1964
Fleetlands by Sep 1965
829 Sq HQ Flt /501-PO by Jun 1966
1969-06-24 A EGDP Accident tail rotor damaged on 24 Jun 1969 during ground handling accident at Portland, while XV629 was being moved
NASU Culdrose, then Fleetlands, then Lee-on-Solent for storage until c Dec 1972.
1973-02829 Sq Yarmouth Flt / 456 by Feb 1973 829 NAS
1976-08-26 Accident w/o 26 Aug 1976 with 829 Sq, crashed into Firth of Forth during a families day for HMS Yarmouth ships company.
Sep 1976 wreck to AIU Lee-on-Solent.
1977-03 A EGDP G I Airframe Mar 1977 used for ground training at HMS Osprey for a few weeks before being SoC.




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