ZA169 Westland Sea King HAS.5 C/N wa 902

Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.5 Serial wa 902 Register ZA169 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1982. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
ZA169
1982-12	015-N	820Sq/015-N by Dec 1982 820 NAS
1984-01-20	015-N	A WSAC	Changi Air Show 1984 appeared at 1984 Air Show, while mother was on a Far East deployment. 820 NAS
1985-01-17		B EGDY	Squadron visit 820Sq/015-N, Squadron visit to Yeovilton, 17 Jan 1985 820 NAS
1986-04	587-R	706Sq/587-R by Apr 1986 to c Dec 1988. 706 NAS
		Westland Sea King HAS.6 Conv HAS.6 at Fleetlands from Jan 1989, 820Sq/010 by Jan 1989, 820Sq/011 by Aug 1990, 814Sq/266-N by Feb 1992 still Nov 1992. 814 NAS
1992-05-12		Task Force 318.1 814 Sq / 266-N, embarked mid May 1992 on HMS Invincible for Orient 92, until disembarked for Culdrose on 26 Nov 1992. Orient 92 deployment
		814Sq/265-N by Jan 1996, Fleetlands (store ?) by Dec 1998, 810Sq/500-CU by Jan 2000 until c Mar 2000. 814 NAS
		Westland Sea King HAS.6 RN 1996 type:HAS.6 814Sqn./N-265 embarked HMS Invincible 814 NAS
		Westland Sea King HU.5 Conv to HU5 (or, at least from HAS.6 with removal of some equipment) at Culdrose, from c Apr 2001 771Sq B Flt/515-CW by May 2002 until c Oct 2002 on ship and c Oct 2003 as marked DCAE Gosport store by Dec 2004, DCAE Cosford/515 by Oct 2010 still Aug 2011.
		Westland Sea King HAS.6 2011 at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering at what used to be RAF Cosford to be shown 21/25 February at the RAF Museum, Cosford