Aircraft History |
XS527 | |||
Ministry of Defence (MoD) | |||
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Built at Hayes, f/f at White Waltham Jan63 as G-17-3 d/d 1963 to MoD, A&AEE by Jul63 Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment | |||
Fleet Air Arm | |||
1969-03-19 | To RN Jan 1968. 829 Sq Rothesay Flt/462 by Aug 1968. Part of Operation Sheepskin in Anguilla from 19 Mar 1969. 829 NAS Operation Sheepskin | ||
ex-Rothesay Flt/462 to Wroughton by Jun 1971 829 Sq Rhyl Flt/445 by Oct 1971 and ditched off ship 3 Dec 1972, left by lorry Left AIU Lee-on-Solent Mar 1973 for Fleetlands for refurbishment (completed May 1974 ?) then to Wroughton by May 1975 still Jul 1976 829Sq Endurance Flt/435-E by Sep 1976 still Jul 1979 829 Sq Endurance Flt/434-ED by May 1980 still 1982 | |||
Call Sign whilst on HMS Rhyl was 446 After ditching repl by XT415 | |||
1982-04-25 | A off King Edward Point | as 829 Sq Endurance Flt/434-ED, attacked and damaged ARA Santa Fe outside Grytviken, South Georgia 829 NAS Operation Paraquat | |
829 Sq Lowestoft Flt/451 by Feb 1985, RNAY Wroughton by Nov 1985, pres. FAAM Yeovilton by Sep 1986. |
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