Westland Sea King HAS.1

C/N wa 637

Built 1969





Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 637 Register XV649 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1969. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 637 Register XV649 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1969. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis


Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 637 Register XV649 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1969. Aircraft history and location
By Peter Mitrovitch




Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 637 Register XV649 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1969. Aircraft history and location




Aircraft History





XV649

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1969-09-21RN
f/f 21sep69, d/d 06oct69 Built as HAS.1, conv to HAS.2A then AEW.2A
Served with 700Sq(S), 706 & 849 NAS 700 NAS
HAS.1 700Sq(S) Sq/587-CU 1969
Non-stop flight from Lands End to John OGroats on 13 May 1970 in 4hrs 19min 21 sec
737 Sq by 1972
(ex 737Sq?)/663 at Fleetlands Jun 1976
706Sq/592-CU by Sep 1977
706Sq/588-CU by Aug 1978 737 NAS
1982-04-03 A HMD Devonport RFA Olmeda
Westland Sea King HAS.2A arrived in Devonport on 3 Apr, aboard RFA Olmeda as 824Sq A Flt/355 and departed with her on 5 Apr 1982. Operation Corporate

Westland Sea King AEW.2 Conv to AEW.2A at Fleetlands by 1986
849Sq/183-R by 1988
849Sq B Flt/183-R by May 1990 849 NAS
1985-02-13
Westland Sea King AEW.2 Converted by 1984
13Feb85 noted RNAS Lee-on-Solent uncoded of 849 Squadron, HQ Flight
20Nov86 noted RNAS Portland coded R.183 of 849 Squadron, B Flight, HMS Ark Royal
30Apr98 delivered to AMG Culdrose coded N.186 849 NAS
1988-03-18 B NLRTM Wilhelminakade 18-22mar88 type:AEW2 849Sqn./R-183 embarked HMS Ark Royal (R07)
1993-01 C Dalmatian coast849 Sq B Flt/184-R operating from HMS Ark Royal along the Dalmatian coastline, Jan - Jul 1993 849 NAS UNPROFOR
849 Sq B Flt/184-R by Mar 1993, still Mar 1999 849 NAS
1996 type:AEW2A embarked aboard HMS Invincible (R05). 849Sqn./N-186
1998 type:AEW2A embarked aboard HMS Illustrious (R06). 849Sqn./L-184
1999-09-28 D NLAMS type:AEW2A 849Sqn./L-184 embarked aboard HMS Illustrious (R06).
2000 type:AEW2A 849Sqn./L-183 849 NAS

AgustaWestland Sea King ASaC.7 Conv to ASaC.7, 849Sq HQ Flt/180-CU by Jul 2003
still Sep 2004
854Sq/180 13 Dec 2006
still Jul 2009 849 NAS
2003 type:ASaC7 849Sqn./CU-180
2004 type:ASaC7 849Sqn./CU-180 849 NAS
2009 type:ASaC7 849Sqn./180 849 NAS
2009-07-11 E EGDY as 849 NAS /180 in the flying display at Yeovilton Air Day 2009 849 NAS Yeovilton Air Day 2009


2012-10-18 F EGWU as /cu-80 at RAF Northolt




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