Westland Wasp

C/N f.9572

Built 1964 - Scrapped 1995





Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9572 Register XS545 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9572 Register XS545 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills



Aircraft History





XS545

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1964-05182-GA A EGDRdd Apr 1964 to RN
700W Sq Galatea Flt/182-GA by 1964 700 NAS
1965-05 B EGDP829 Sq Galatea Flt/452-GA by May 1965
829 Sq Hermione Flt/474 by Jul 1968
829 Sq Phoebe Flt/471 by Sep 1968 829 NAS
1969-03 B EGDP829 Sq Galatea Flt/452 by Mar 1969 still Nov 1970, still Feb 1971 (?) 829 NAS
1970-10-29452 C MTMLAembarked HMS Galatea and departed Valletta to position for Exercise Lime Jug. 829 NAS Exercise Lime Jug
1971-06RNAY Wroughton by Jun 1971 to Aug 1971
to Lee-on-Solent until Dec 1972
to 706Sq/580-CU and then /579-CU by Jan 1974
to Portland by Mar 1975, to RNAY Fleetlands by May 1975
back to Portland as 703 Sq/500-PO by Nov 1975, heavy landing 28 Jan 1976, to RNAY Fleetlands
703 Sq/507 by Jun 1976 still Jul 1977
1979-07-2222Jul79 as /507 703Sqn Portland Open Day 703 NAS
1984-01-19 D EGHF RNAS Lee-on-Solent (EGUS) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent as an instructional airframe with the Air Engineering School (AES)


1995 D EGHFto A2702 AES Lee-on-Solent, HMS Daedalus
scr. Lee-on-Solent 1995




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