Saunders Roe Saro P.531

C/N s2/5268

Built 1958





Helicopter Saunders Roe Saro P.531 Serial s2/5268 Register XN332 G-APNV used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Westland. Built 1958. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





G-APNV

united kingdom Westland

P.531-1 built at Eastleigh, ff 30 Sep 1958. 2nd prototype, also with 400shp Turbomeca Turmo 603 derated to 325 shp. De-reg on 1 Oct 1959. To UK Royal Navy for trials.

XN332

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

dd into RN service 2 Oct 1959 as 1st trials airframe. Spent its service life with 700Sq and 771Sq between 1959 and 1963 /759 to A2579, (wfu 1964 ?). 771 NAS
1963-05 A HMS Thunderer G I Airframe Moved to RNEC Manadon (HMS Thunderer) Plymouth as a ground instruction (GI) airframe, until it was sent to RNAS Yeovilton in 1971.
1971 B EGDY Exhibit To Yeovilton for preservation, still by Aug 1978, still (wearing code /759) Oct 1986
1990-05 C EGDT Stored RNAY Wroughton for storage (by May 1990)
1991-09-18 D EGCN Loan for display ? To Finningley for its 1991 Battle of Britain Airshow
1998-11-16 B EGDY Exhibit Arrived FAA Museum (Yeovilton) 24 Sep 1991. Went elsewhere and returned 16 Nov 1998, to the Cobham Hall site by Sep 2002.




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