Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa477

Built 1966 - Scrapped 1996





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa477 Register XT755 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1966. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT755

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

848Sq/D-A by Aug 1967, 847Sq/D-S by 1969, 848 Sq/VD-A by Jul 1971, 848 Sq/VM-VL by Jan 1975, Fleetlands store 1976, 771Sq/523-CU by Sep 1979 to Mar 1982, NASU VL, 847 Sq B Flt/XX by 13 May 1982, arrived on mv Atlantic Causeway in Falklands 1 Jun 1982 and returned to UK via RFA Engadine on 30 Jul 1982.
1974-03-07 A EHVB 848NAS./VD-B 848 NAS
Yeovilton store by Aug 1982
845Sq/V by Jun 1984
RNAY Wroughton 845 NAS
1991-01-22 B EGWN G I Airframe to 1 SoTT Halton as G.I. 9053M 22 Jan 1991 still Jul 1992.
1996-01 C EGB42 Scrapped To Phoenix Aviation by Oct 1993, scr. Bruntingthorpe Jan 1996.

united kingdom Royal Marines

847 Sqn Mar/Apr69 as /D 847NAS
reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XX 847NAS
1982-05-13 D HMS Raleigh mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XX noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate




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