VX595 Westland Dragonfly HR.1 C/N wa/h/008

Helicopter Westland Dragonfly HR.1 Serial wa/h/008 Register VX595 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Royal Air Force RAF ,Ministry of Defence (MoD) Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) ,ETPS. Built 1949. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

Ministry of Defence (MoD)
VX595
	HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeovil but also time spent at AFEE Beaulieu, A&AEE Boscombe Down and Yeovil until c Mar 1952. Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
1949-07	A Beaulieu	Trials Assignments at AFEE Beaulieu Jul and Nov 1949, and Jan 1950 for trials.
1952-04	B EGHG	HR.3 conversion Westland Dragonfly HR.3 conv HR.3 at Yeovil by 1953
1956-11	C Donibristle	HR.5 conversion Westland Dragonfly HR.5 conv HR.5 at RNAY Donibristle from Nov 1956 to Jun 1957 at ETPS and RAE Farnborough for trials until c Mar 1964. SoC Oct 1964 ETPS
Royal Air Force
1974-08	D EGWE	Stored to RAF Museum store at Henlow / 29, by Aug 1974, still Jun 1975, still present Mar 1986. Departed Feb 1990.
Fleet Air Arm
1990-02-09	E EGVF	Exhibit Fleetlands Museum from Feb 1990
1998-11	F EGDY	Exhibit Spent time in storage variously at Fleetlands, Gosport and Portland, until sent to FAA Museum in Nov 1998. In Hall 1 of the FAA Museum Jul 2019.

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