Westland Wessex HC.2

C/N wa131

Built 1963





Helicopter Westland Wessex HC.2 Serial wa131 Register XR506 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1963. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HC.2 Serial wa131 Register XR506 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1963. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History





XR506

united kingdom Royal Air Force

ff 30 Oct 1963
dd 23 Dec 1963
18 Sq/H by Jun 1968 still by Feb 1970
72 Sq/AV by Sep 1974
72 Sq/V by May 1984 still Feb 1999
to 9343M GI 1 SoTT RAF Cosford, to DARA Shawbury by Mar 2000 18 Squadron
1980-04-17 A EGVO noted at RAF Odiham
1997-07-13 B EHVB 72Sqn./V 72 Squadron
1998-03V C EGAAnoted at Aldergrove. 72 Squadron Operation Banner
2002-03-2727mar02 last flown, total airframe hours: 17.343 hrs 35 mins
2008 D Longmoor Camp G I Airframe as Nov.2011 located as static stand on Longmoor Training Camps Urban Operations area
2012-06 E EGDR as June 2012 located at RNAS Culdrose, reason unknown.
I was groundcrew in Victor on the last flight into Shawbury 02. On landing had a pretty nasty OM15 leak around the transmission tunnel but as she was not going to fly again, no worries. Low on torque but still sad to see its demise.

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2013-01 Jan13 on sale on ebay by jetartaviation.co.uk






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