Westland Wasp

C/N f.9543

Built 1962





Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9543 Register XS527 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Ministry of Defence (MoD) Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE). Built 1962. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS527

united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

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

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1969-03-19To 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 Pointas 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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