By Steve Mills |
Aircraft History |
XT443 | |||
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60th Royal Navy Wasp HAS.1 built at Hayes, ff 29 Mar 1966 at Yeovil dd 20 Apr 1966 to RNAY Fleetlands 829Sq Bacchante Flt/425 by Feb 1969 to c Jul 1969 829Sq Lowestoft Flt/452 Mar 1970 until damaged during heavy landing 17 Feb 1971 | |||
Jun70-Feb71, I was the Flight Commander HMS Lowestoft and according to my logbook I had XT443 when damage was sustained to the tail cone during a cross deck landing requiring return to RN Aircraft Yard Flatlands for repair.. | |||
1972-03-20 | A Chickerell | Accident repaired, to 703Sq by Aug 1971 829Sq Mohawk Flt/474-MO by Feb 1972 but damaged after in-flight engine failure 20 Mar 1972 nr Chickerell | |
1993 | repaired, to 829 NAS Galatea Flt/461 by Dec 1974 until c Apr 1977 To RNAY Wroughton 1977 for storage and overhaul, completed 1981 To 829 NAS Aurora Flt/422 1981 Surplus to requirement and retired by 1987. | ||
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1995-01 | B EGFI | Exhibit to Westland for storage Donated to The Helicopter Museum, delivered Jan 1995, put in main collection in Nov 2002 after 5 year restoration preserved THM Weston-super-Mare as /422-AU | |
2008-07-12 | B EGFI | 12 at the International Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare | |
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