Westland Wasp

C/N f.9663

Built 1966





Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9663 Register ZU-HAS G-KAWW NZ3908 XT781 used by Royal New Zealand Navy ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1966. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT781

aug66
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

ex G-17-6. dd Royal Navy Aug 1966
845Sq/O-B by Aug 1966
829 Sq Eskimo Flt/453 by Dec 1973 (after refit), ditched and recovered 28 Mar 1974 off Portland
829Sq Ashanti Flt/427 joining the ship in Malta Oct 1975
829Sq Charybdis Flt/431-CY by Feb 1976 until c Apr 1976
829Sq Gurkha Flt/444 by May 1979
RNAY Wroughton store by Aug 1980
To RNZN 1983.

NZ3908

sep83
new zealand Royal New Zealand Navy

1985 A NZWPRoyal New Zealand Navy 1983, ex XT781 from Royal Navy
Retired Apr 1998
Sold to Westland
Became G-KAWW and flies from Swansea painted as XT781 /426
Moved to North Weald still as G-KAWW and departed 1 Dec 2005 for South Africa, via Felixstowe Docks.

G-KAWW

2002
-

2002
ex XT781,NZ3908
2005 to South Africa

ZU-HAS

dec05
-

2006-06 B FAVGAt Durban Virginia by May 2006, still Aug 2010
2012-02 C Richmond Stored Feb.2012 being hangared in Richmond Natal,S.A. until the owner decides what he wants to do with her




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