Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa293

Built 1965 - Scrapped 1998





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa293 Register XT471 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT471

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Wessex HU.5 d/d to RN 19 Jan 1966,  Fleetlands 1976, 771Sq/524-CU 1979 to Mar 1982.
1981-06-27524-CU A EGVInoted at Greenham Common Air Show. 771 NAS
847 Sq B Flt/XW by 7 May 1982, to 848Sq D Flt/XW as attrition replacement Jun 1982. Returned to UK aboard HMS Hermes on 21 Jul 1982. To 707Sq 22 Jul 1982. 707Sq/ZF by Sep 1984, RNAY Wroughton to AAC 9REGT Dishforth 21 Jul 1992. Dishforth dump by Jun 1994 still Nov 1995. Perished Dishforth Jul 1998.

united kingdom Royal Marines

847 Sqn Mar/Apr69 as /F 847NAS
1970-11-30 East Pakistan Nov 1970 with 847 NAS / F-S, took part in cyclone relief operations in East Pakistan 847NAS Operation Burlap
reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XW 847NAS
1982-05-13 B HMS Raleigh mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XW noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate




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