Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa176

Built 1964





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa176 Register XS507 used by Royal Air Force RAF ,Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa176 Register XS507 used by Royal Air Force RAF ,Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis


Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa176 Register XS507 used by Royal Air Force RAF ,Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills




Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa176 Register XS507 used by Royal Air Force RAF ,Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa176 Register XS507 used by Royal Air Force RAF ,Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location




Aircraft History





XS507

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

dd 27/08/1964, 707Sq/W-CU by 1965, still Jun 1967 still 1969, 845Sq/C by Sep 1969, 846Sq/XC-CU by Jul 1971, 772Sq/513-PO by Jul 1976, Damaged on 4 Aug 1978 when rolled over following severe vibrations during take off from a ship while with 772Sqdn/513-PO. 847 Sq/XU May 1982 - seconded to 848Sq D Flt June 1982 (to replace damaged XT486), 707Sq/RN for the Royal Naval Presentation Team by Jun 1984 still May 1985, 772Sq/627-PO by 1987. to A2762 Lee by Oct 1995, to A2674 G.I. Gosport /27 by Jan 2000, still Apr 2007. To Royal Aux AF. 772 NAS
1978-08-04 A Persian Gulf Persian Gulf Cat 4 damage 04Aug78 with airframe hours of 3132:05
Repaired
772Squadron, HMS London Flight coded 314.LO noted RNAS Portland 15 Sep81 named "Buzby II"
772Squadron RFA Olna coded 314.ON noted RNAS Portland 01Feb82 named "Buzby II"
1982-03-28 running on the deck of RFA OLNA, operating with 772 NAS C Flight


1982-04-20 zaps showing the first ever deck landing done by XS507 on SS Uganda, and a medivac flight during the March 1982 deployment aboard RFA Olna into Seeb - Oman


1982-05-07847 Squadron Coded XU noted RNAS Yeovilton 07May82
707 squadron coded ZG noted RNAS Yeovilton 14Jan83
707Squadron Schools Presentation Team coded RN.VL noted RNAS Lee on Solent 26Jun83 772Squadron coded 627.PO noted RNAS Portland 21Nov86
RNAS Lee on Solent Air Engineering School (AES) coded 627.PO noted 29Sep88 as ground Instruction and uncoded noted 10Oct94
HMS Sultan Air Engineering Training School (AETS) uncoded noted 01Dec97 772 NAS
1983-06-26 B EGHF at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) operating with the 707 NAS School Presentation Flight


united kingdom Royal Marines

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

united kingdom Royal Air Force

ex FAA Wessex HU.5. To 606Sq (Royal Aux AF) for Helicopter Support training by Mar 2009.
May 2011 with 606 (Chiltern) Sq RAFR at RAF Benson






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