Westland Sea King HC.4

C/N wa 912

Built 1981





Helicopter Westland Sea King HC.4 Serial wa 912 Register ZA298 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1981. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Sea King HC.4 Serial wa 912 Register ZA298 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1981. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis



Aircraft History





ZA298

oct81
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

RN
1985 846Sqn /VA
2000 845Sqn /G
2004 848Sqn /WW 845 NAS
2006-12to G-BJNM Oct-Dec 1981 and back to ZA298. 846Sq/VA by Jul 1982 still 1986, RNAY Wroughton 1988, 845Sq/(Y)G UN colours by 1992 still 1993, 845Sq/G by 2003, 846Sq by 2005. Damaged in Iraq ? Arrived AMG-VL by road 23 Sep 2005, 846Sq/(VY) Dec 2006. 845 NAS
2009-08-27846Sq /Y departed Yeovilton for Afghanistan 27 Aug 2009, with ZE427 /K.
2010-05-21 A FOB Edinburgh846SqS/Y, struck by RPG on stbd side forward of u/c strut, in Nad-e Ali while landing at a checkpoint on 21 May 2010. Recovered by air to Yeovilton, via Camp Bastion. Repaired by Vector Aerospace at Fleetlands and returned to 846Sq by Jan 2012. Operation Herrick
2015-09-16 B Royal Victoria Dock DSEI2015 at the ExCel Exhibition Centre during DSEI 2015. DSEI 2015


2016-08-04 C EGDY Exhibit saved from the clutches of the MoD Disposal Services Agency, for the Fleet Air Arm Museum
13 Jul 2019 in Hall 4 at Fleet Air Arm Museum, marked / Y




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