| By Dave Taskis |
Aircraft History |
XT761 | |||
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| Wessex HU.5 d/d to RN 20 Oct 1966 845Sq/J-A by 1969 845 NAS  | |||
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| 847 Sqn Mar/Apr69 as /J 847NAS 1969 | |||
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| 1970-11-30 | East Pakistan Nov 1970 with 847 NAS / J-S, took part in cyclone relief operations in East Pakistan Operation Burlap | ||
| 1974-03-07 | A EHVB | 848NAS./VU-B 848 NAS | |
| 1979-08-13 | 771 Sq, participated in Fastnet Yacht Race rescue 13-14 Aug 1979 771 NAS Rescue from Fastnet Yacht Race | ||
| 771Sq/521-CU by Mar 1982 847 Sq May 1982 845Sq D Flt May 1982 and airlifted to Ascension by Heavylift Belfast. Coded 845Sq /YP by Dec 1982 and returned to UK by Heavylift Belfast 19 Dec 1983 845Sq D Flt/YP still May 1984 RNAY Wroughton, to A2767 AES Lee-on-Solent 12 Apr 1988 still Jan 1993 to A2678 1993 still by Oct 1995 to HMS Sultan Gosport by Jun 1996 still summer 2005 To Fleet Air Arm Museum Historic Flight (ground use) 771 NAS | |||
| 1983-04-25 | YP | B FHAW - Georgetown, Ascension Island  | |
| 1998-08-24 | C HMNB Portsmouth | International Festival of the Sea present in static display at IFoS 98. | |
| 2005-06-12 | D HMS Sultan - Gosport, England | ||
| 2013-07-24 | E EGDR | at RNAS Culdrose Culdrose Air Day 2013 | |
| E EGDR - Helston, Cornwall | |||
| 2015-07 | to Culdrose by Jul 2015 | ||
| 2015-07-17 | YP | E EGDR - Helston, Cornwall | |
| 2017-06 | F Higher Purtington | to Higher Purtington by Jun 2017 for restoration to flying condition (with XT771) still there Dec 2017 | |
G-WSEX | |||
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| 1986-11-06 | 16nov18 Restoration progress, rotors turning (as XT761) for first time since 06nov86 | ||
| 2018-03 | UK private from Mar18 still painted as XT761 in Rescue c/s. | ||
| 2019-02-15 | Retruned to flight Restoration progress: 15 Feb 2019, first flight (as XT761) since 6 Nov 1986 | ||
| 2019-03-09 | F Higher Purtington | as XT761 at Higher Purtington after her magnificent restoration to flying condition Historic Helicopters Open Day 2019 | |
| 2019-07-13 | G EGDY | , G-WSEX at RNAS Yeovilton 2019 wearing marks of XT761 RN International Air Day 2019 | |
| 2022-03-17 | Paderborn/Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia  | ||
| 2022-06-12 | H EGWC | Wessex HUS.5 at RAF Cosford Air Show 2022 RAF Cosford Air Show 2022 | |
| 2022-07-15 | I EGVA | at RIAT 2022 RIAT 2022 | |
| 2024-04-14 | GWSEX | Chard, England  | |
Call sign for this aircraft: GWSEX
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