Westland Dragonfly HR.3

C/N wa/h/061

Built 1952





Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/061 Register WG751 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1952. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.3 Serial wa/h/061 Register WG751 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1952. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis



Aircraft History





WG751

1953
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1958-04 A Donibristle HR.5 conversion ff Nov 1952
705Sq/710-GJ by Mar 1953
Yeovilton Stn Flt/948-VL by Jan 1956
to RNAY Donibristle for conv to HR.5 Apr 1958
1959-03 B EGDP
Westland Dragonfly HR.5 Yeovilton Stn Flt/948-VL by Aug 1958
First helicopter to land at newly re-built HMS Osprey (RNAS Portland), Mar 1959
Lossiemouth Stn Flt/933-LM by Apr 1961
Sold 1965

oct65
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Feb 1968 to Wisbech until c Jul 1972
Aug 1972 to scrapyard in Ancoats until mid 1977
1982 to location nr Samlesbury until autumn 1986
to Fleetlands Mar 1999 for partial restoration
1999-08 C HMD Chatham Exhibit Chatham Historic Dockyard
Moved between several scrapyards and eventually restored at Fleetlands from Mar99
To Chatham Historic Dockyard by
Still there Jun09
2009-06Jun09 at the Chatham Historic Dockyard ( The wooden armchair in the cabin is not an original feature of this helicopter :-)


2016-09 Sep16 still at Chatham Historic Dockyard
2019-02 Feb19 still at Chatham dockyard. Rotor has been removed and scaffolding erected
2019-10 Oct19 still at Chatham dock yard. Rotor fitted.




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