Westland Wessex Mk.60

C/N wa199

Built 1964 - Written off 1981





Helicopter Westland Wessex Mk.60 Serial wa199 Register VR-BDS G-ASWI G-17-1 used by Bristow ,Westland. Built 1964. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History




For G-17-1 see also
    1951 S-55 55-016
    1956 hss-1 58-265 scrapped 1968
    1956 srs.1 wa173 scrapped 1983
    1957 srs.1 wa194
    1966 Wasp f.9656
    1967 Wasp f.9688
    1968 mk.60 wa686 scrapped 1994
    1973 Commando wa 782

G-17-1

united kingdom Westland

ff 21 Jul 1965, registered G-ASWI by Sep 1965.

G-ASWI

united kingdom Bristow

Wessex 60, ex G-17-1, to G-ASWI /H.84, to VR-BDS, to G-ASWI, to VR-BDS, to G-ASWI, UK C of A expired 27 Oct 1981.
Crashed 12 miles ENE of Bacton, Norfolk on 13 August 1981. All 2 crew and 11 passengers were killed
1981-08-13Following this accident on 13 Aug 1981 while returning from the Leman field to Bacton and the earlier one to G-ATCA, led to the withdrawal of the type from service with Bristow.

VR-BDS

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1967-06-01Westland Wessex Mk.60, c/n WA199, first delivered to Bristow Helicopters Ltd. in England as G-ASWI, 1964
displayed as H.84 at Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 01Jun67
lsd Helicopter Rentals, Bermuda as VR-BDS, unk
rtnd Bristow as G-ASWI, unk
CofA canx, 1981.




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