Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa290

Built 1965





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa290 Register XT468 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa290 Register XT468 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis



Aircraft History





XT468

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Wessex HU.5 d/d to RN 31 Oct 1965,  847 Sq/H-S by 1969, 737 Sq Tidespring Flt/332-TS by 1975, 771Sq/530-CU by 1979, 845Sq/(Y)D by Mar 1982.
1968-12-02 02dec68, I flew this airframe whilst appointed to 845NAS (on exercise RAF Marham) 845 NAS
1973-10-31 A EHVB 848Sqn./VL-B visit 848 NAS
1974-03-07 A EHVB 848NAS./VL-B 848 NAS
1982-02-19 B RMB Bickleigh845Sq/D, visited RMB on 19-20 Feb 1982 845 NAS
1982-04-04 C FHAW Wideawake 845Sq /D, despatched via chartered Belfast C.1 from Yeovilton with XT765 /S on 4 Apr, via Dakar to Ascension Island. Operation Corporate
Was airborne when mv Atlantic Conveyor was sunk by Exocet and transferred to 848Sq D Flt 25 May 1982
Returned to Yeovilton Aug 1982 for 845Sq
845Sq D Flt/D by May 1984
to RNAY Fleetlands by Jun 1984 845 NAS
1985 772Sqn /LS-628 772 NAS
772Sq/628-PO by 1987
RNAY Wroughton, to AES Lee-on-Solent as A2757 25 Jun 1991 still Jan 1993, to A2667 1993
to AESS HMS Sultan Gosport by Feb 1997 and had rear fuselage of XT460 fitted
to SFDO-CU, to G.I. Predannack on 17 Jan 1998, still Jul 1999, Aug 2005, Apr 2007.
2007-04-09 D EGDO09 at Predannack airfield


united kingdom Royal Marines

847 Sqn Mar/Apr69 as /H 847NAS 1969




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