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westland wasp

in united kingdom fleet air arm


   

   

Qty: 96     1963 to 1986    




History of this Model in this Organisation:

30 airframes cancelled and not built. Allocated UK serials XS802-XS812 and XS834-XS852 (ntu).
The Wasp HAS.1 was operated mainly by 829 Squadron, (the small ships flight) parent and 703 Squadron, (the Wasp training squadron). The Wasp was used by some Commando Helicopter units as a liaison airframe between the Naval Helicopter squadrons and the Royal Marine Commando teams the squadrons would be carrying into an assault. At least 25 Wasps damaged (some badly) during its service career, mainly from small flight decks. Some sold on to other Navies.

Units with this Model in this Organisation:

YearsUnitsbold : Current Base of the Unit
1972/81703 squadronPortland
1967/73848 squadronRNAS Yeovilton
1966/73845 squadronRNAS Yeovilton
MT Hal Far
RNAS Culdrose
SG Sembawang
RNAS Culdrose
1965/67705 squadronRNAS Culdrose
1964/88829 squadronPortland
RNAS Culdrose
1964/75706 squadronPortland
RNAS Culdrose
1963/64771 squadronPortland
1963/64700 squadronRNAS Culdrose
RNAS Culdrose

Roles of this Model in this Organisation:

Roles
anti-submarine
escort ship-based helicopter
survey
trainer - advanced


Construction Numbers of this Model in this Organisation:

C/NBuiltIn this OrganisationIn other Org
    f.9541 1962     XS463: Prototype / pre-production Wasp, built at Hayes. ex G-17-1. To instructional airframe A2647. Now preserved at The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare (includes parts of c/n F.9601, XT431).
    f.9542 1962     XS476: Pre-production airframe built at Hayes. ff as G-17-2. To A2656 ground instructional airframe at RNAS Portland by Jul 1976.
brazilian naval air force N-7016: Second UH-2 Wasp to bear this FAMB serial after previous bearer (c/n F.9615) was w/o in 1967.
    f.9543 1962     XS527: Built at Hayes, f/f 01/1963 at White Waltham as G-17-3. d/d 1963 to RN. 829 Sq Rothesay Flt/426 by 1970, 829 Sq Endurance Flt/434-ED by 1982, damaged Santa Fe at Grytviken in South Georgia May 1982, pres. FAAM Yeovilton.
    f.9544 1963     XS528: d/d 1963 to RN. To Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton. Left May 1984.
royal new zealand navy XS528: To RNZN 1985 for spares.
    f.9558 1963     XS531: d/d 1963. w/o 29 Mar 1977 with 703 Sqdn, ditched into sea near Portland while landing on HMS Rothesay (F107).
    f.9559 1963     XS532: d/d 1963 to RN.
royal new zealand navy XS532: To RNZN 1985 for spares at Silverdale, New Zealand. Noted in hangar at Dairy Flat Airfield 1999 carrying its ex-RN code /406.
    f.9560 1963     XS533: d/d 12 Sep 1963, w/o 15 Nov 1968 with 829 Sqdn, ditched in Lyme Bay while operating from HMS Yarmouth (F101).
    f.9561 1963     XS534: d/d 19 Oct 1963, 829Sq/432 w/o 23 Jan 1972.
    f.9563 1963     XS536: d/d 1963 to RN.
royal new zealand navy XS536: To RNZN 28 Sep 1983 for spares.
    f.9564 1963     XS537: dd 17 Dec 1963. 829Sq Ajax Flt/460-AJ, HMS Bulwark (R08) Liaison Flt/O, 845Sq/O-B painted overall spinach green (Nov 1966 - Jan 1973). To A2672 GI Portland by Jul 1976, scr. Portland by 1992.
    f.9565 1963     XS538: dd 21 Feb 1964. 829Sq Lowestoft Flt/451-LT by 1973, 829Sq Achilles Flt/430 by Jul 1976, 829Sq Bacchante Flt/425 by Mar 1978 (following accident to XT792), perished Predannack 1995.
    f.9566 1963     XS539: d/d 4 Feb 1964, 848 Sq/Z before 1971, 829 Sq Endurance Flt/435, to Lee-on-Solent as A2718, to A2640 G.I. Fleetlands (still wears 435 in 2001).
    f.9567 1963     XS540: dd 20 Feb 1964. 829Sq Ashanti Flt/177 by Mar 1964, 829 Sq/455 by Sep 1967. w/o 17 Apr 1968 with 829 Sqdn, crashed into sea off Cape Point, South Africa, while operating from the frigate HMS Aurora (F10).
    f.9568 1964     XS541: dd 1964 to RN. 703 Sq/500 by Jul 1976, 829Sq HQ Flt/602, sold to a USA aircraft dealer Apr 1994.
    f.9571 1964     XS544: d/d 06 Apr 1964, w/o 26 Aug 1976 with 829 Sqdn, crashed into Firth of Forth during a families day for HMS Yarmouth (F101) crew.
    f.9572 1964     XS545: dd Apr 1964 to RN, to A2702 AES Lee-on-Solent, scr. Lee-on-Solent 1995.
    f.9573 1964     XS562: dd 23 Apr 1964 to RN. 829Sq Ashanti Flt/427 by Apr 1978, 829 Sq Argus Flt/371 by May 1982, 829 Sq HQ Flt/611, sold to a USA aircraft dealer Apr 1994.
No Org. defined F9573: Sold to Classic Rotors (the rare and vintage rotorcraft museum) This rotorcraft will be restored.
    f.9574 1964     XS563: d/d 30 Apr 1964, 771Sq/759 when crashed 08 Jul 1965, broken up for spares 24 May 1966 at RNAY Fleetlands.
    f.9575 1964     XS564: dd 21 May 1964 to RN. 829Sq Argonaut Flt/466-AT by Nov 1970 to at least 1973. To G-17-22 and then Brazilian Navy.
brazilian naval air force N-7037: ex UK RN XS564 and G-17-22. To FAMB 1977 (N-7019 ntu ?) as N-7037
    f.9576 1964     XS565: dd 26 May 1964 to RN. 829 Sq Rothesay Flt/462-RO by Jul 1971. Scrapped, PEE Foulness Island 1989
    f.9577 1964     XS566: d/d 4 Jun 1964 to RN. 829Sq Naiad Flt/470-NA by May 1970, 829Sq Apollo Flt/470-AP by May 1972, 829Sq HQ Flt/607 by May 1984.
royal new zealand navy XS566: To RNZN 20 Oct 1989 for spares to support RNZN Wasp fleet. Preserved Silverdale/Dairy Flat, New Zealand by 1999.
    f.9578 1964     XS567: dd Jun 1964, 829Sq Gurkha Flt/444 by Jul 1976, 829Sq Apollo Flt/470-AP by Dec 1976, 829 Sq Endurance Flt/434, pres. IWM Duxford (as 434-E).
    f.9579 1964     XS568: d/d 10 Jul 1964, ditched in sea following loss of power during hover 28 Oct 1982, recovered. 829 Sqdn/441 to Fleetlands as A2715, to A2637 G.I., Gosport (wears 441, 2001).
    f.9580 1964     XS569: dd Jul 1964 to RN. 703 Sq, NATIU, Wroughton to A2717, then A2639 G.I. Fleetlands.
    f.9581 1964     XS570: dd 27 Jul 1964 to RN. 829 Sq/455 by Jul 1976, 829 Sq/445 to A2699, pres. Historic Warship Trust Birkenhead Docks on HMS Plymouth (F126).
    f.9582 1964     XS571: dd Aug 1964 to RN. 703 Sq/634 by Jul 1976, 829 Sq HQ Flt/614, Wroughton, Transferred to Army Jul 1984 as G.I. at 71 Aircraft Workshops Detmold (with tail boom from XT436), still there May 1989, scrapped?
    f.9583 1964     XS572: dd 02 Oct 1964, 829 Sq Alacrity Flt/327-AL by 1978, to 8845M, believed scr. No.16 MU Stafford 1992/3
    f.9584 1964     XT414: f/f 26 Sep 1964, d/d 13 Oct 1964, w/o 02 Jan 1967 with 829 Sqdn, ditched in Irish Sea after gearbox failure.
    f.9585 1964     XT415: d/d 23 Oct 1965 to RN. Noted as 829 Sqdn/476 Leander Flight, May 1984. Struck off charge Apr 1987.
royal new zealand navy XT415: To RNZN for spares.
    f.9586 1964     XT416: dd 03 Dec 1964 to RN. 829 Sq/442 by Jul 1976, w/o 20 Jul 1977.
    f.9588 1964     XT418: d/d 4 Dec 1964. 829Sq Argonaut Flt/466-AT by 1968, 703 Sq/500, RNAY Wroughton by Mar 1977. w/o 13 Dec 1981 with 829 Sqdn, rolled over following a beach landing on Falkland Islands.
    f.9589 1964     XT419: dd 23 Dec 1964 to RN as XT419. RAF Bahrein SAR Flt/422 by 1970, to G-17-1 sold to Brazilian Navy (FAMB).
brazilian naval air force N-7036: ex UK RN as XT419. to G-17-1, then to FAMB 1977 (N-7018 ntu ?) as N-7036, w/o 21 Nov 1977.
    f.9590 1964     XT420: dd 5 Jan 1965 to RN. 829 Sq/422 by Jul 1976, 829 Sq HQ Flt/604 by Jan 1985, RNAY Wroughton, RNAY Fleetlands, sold in UK.
No Org. defined G-CUBI: ex RN XT420. Private East Dereham by Aug 1999, to G-CBUI 5 Aug 2002, Thruxton
    f.9592 1965     XT422: dd 1967 to RN. 829 Sq/326 by Jul 1976, Preserved Burgess Hill, West Sussex
    f.9593 1965     XT423: d/d 1967. 829 Sqdn Endurance Flight, ditched off Port Stanley 5 Mar 1985 following engine failure. Preserved Murray Heights, Falkland Islands.
    f.9594 1965     XT424: d/d 5 Mar 1965. w/o 4 Jun 1975 with 829 Sqdn, ditched in sea operating from HMS Juno (F52), recovered. 8 Dec 1975 to RNAY Fleetlands for spare parts.
    f.9595 1965     XT425: d/d 16 Mar 1965. w/o 4 Oct 1966 with 829 Sqdn, ditched in sea, 10nm off Portland during night exercise.
    f.9596 1965     XT426: dd 17 May 1965 to RN. 706 Sq/64 by Jun 1967, 706Sq/80-CU, 829Sq Ajax Flt/421-AJ before 1980, 829Sq Ariadne Flt/455 by 1981 still Mar 1983. To Malaysian Navy.
royal malaysian navy M499-07: ex UK RN XT426. dd Aug 1992 to Malaysian Navy as M499-07. wfu 26 Sep 2002
No Org. defined F.9596: Helicopter is on display outside the Maritime Museum in Melacca, Malaysia
    f.9597 1965     XT427: d/d 24 May 1965. 706W Sq/990-CU by Jul 1965, 703 Sq/502 by Jul 1976, 829Sq Argus Flt/372 by May 1982, ditched in sea 6 Sep 1983 following power loss on take off, recovered. To 829 Sq HQ Flt as 606. Preserved Flambards, Helston by Aug 1994. To FAAM Yeovilton 23 Apr 1999.
    f.9598 1965     XT428: d/d 13 May 1965 to RN. 829 Sq Londonderry Flt/447 by Aug 1971, 829 Sq Ambuscade Flt/323-AB
royal new zealand navy XT428: To RNZN for spare parts to support remainder of Wasp fleet 1985/6.
    f.9600 1965     XT430: dd 1 Jun 1965 to RN. 829Sq Charybdis Flt/431-CY by 1970. Scrapped Winterbourne Gunner Aug 1993.
    f.9601 1965     XT431: dd 5 Jul 1965 to RN. Preserved The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare (some parts used in XS463).
    f.9602 1965     XT432: d/d 22 Jun 1965 to RN. Noted as 829 Sqdn/415 Hydra Flight, May 1984. HMS Hydra (A144) was an ocean-going hydrographic survey ship, rather than the more usual frigate.
royal new zealand navy XT432: To RNZN for spares, either 1986 or 20 Oct 1989.
    f.9603 1965     XT433: dd 1965 to RN. ex G-17-6. 829Sq Arethusa Flt/426-AR by Jun 1965, 829Sq Ajax Flt/460-AJ by Sep 1968. To Brazilian Navy.
brazilian naval air force N-7039: ex UK RN XT433. to G-17-6, then to FAMB 1978 as N-7039, pres. Campo Dos Afonsos, Brazil
    f.9604 1965     XT434: dd 5 Jul 1965 to RN. 829 Sq/463 by Sep 1973, 829 Sq/455. To Lee-on-Solent A2723, to A2643 G.I. Fleetlands (wears 455, 2001).
    f.9606 1965     XT436: dd 4 Oct 1965 to RN. 703 Sq/506, Transferred to Army, to Detmold, fuselage pod to AAC Soest by Dec 1985, (boom to XS571). Believed perished Detmold 1995.
    f.9607 1965     XT437: dd 4 Nov 1965 to RN. 829Sq Sirius Flt/450-SS by 1966 (on loan to Cleopatra Flt May-Jul 1966). 829Sq Arethusa Flt/426 by Jun 1977. To A2721, A2641, G.I. Boscombe Down, to Boscombe Down Aviation Collection.
    f.9608 1965     XT438: dd 7 Dec 1965 to RN. 829 Sq/465, to A2704, Transferred to Army, G.I. Detmold, to AAC Hildesheim (fuselage pod only) Dec 1985, fate ?
    f.9609 1965     XT439: d/d 13 Dec 1965. 829 Sq Zulu Flt/442-ZU by 1979, 829 Sq Rhyl Flt/446-RH by Jun 1980,  w/o 25 Mar 86, crashed at Merryfield following loss of control. RNAY Wroughton, Cranfield, Bruntingthorpe, to King's Lynn Jan 1996. Preserved Hemel Hempstead.
    f.9610 1965     XT440: d/d 4 Jan 1966. 829Sq Cleopatra Flt/463-CL by Feb 1968, w/o 17 Sep 1968 with 829 Sqdn, ditched in North Sea off Dutch coast while operating from HMS Cleopatra (F28).
    f.9611 1966     XT441: d/d 28 Mar 1966. w/o 4 Feb 1979 with 829 Sqdn, ditched in sea off Gibraltar following engine fire, recovered. To instructional airframe A2703. Scrapped at Predannack, Jul 1991.
    f.9612 1966     XT442: d/d 21 Apr 1966. w/o 12 Dec 1973 with Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) Flight, crashed on take off from Norton Heliport, Dartmouth.
    f.9613 1966     XT443: 60th Royal Navy Wasp HAS.1 built. ff 29 Mar 1966 at Yeovil, dd 20 Apr 1966 to RNAY Fleetlands, then 829 Sq. To RNAY Wroughton 1977, for storage and overhaul, completed 1981. To 829 Sqn Aurora Flt/422 1981. Surplus to requirement 1993, to Westland for storage. Donated to The Helicopter Museum, delivered Jan 1995. Put in main collection in Nov 2002 after 5 year restoration. Pres. THM Weston-super-Mare as /422.
    f.9660 1966     XT778: ff 12 May 1966 from Yeovil. dd 6 Jun 1966 to RN. 829 Sq/323 by Jul 1976, 829 Sq Achilles Flt/430 by 1988, to A2722 Lee-on-Solent, to A2642, RNAS Portland Gate Guard by Oct 1998, to Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton on 15 Feb 1999 from HMS Osprey (Portland).
    f.9661 1966     XT779: dd 30 Jun 1966. 829Sq Brighton Flt/461-BR by 1972, 829Sq Rothesay Flt/462-RO by Sep 1974 still Jul 1976, 829 Sq Active Flt/322-AV before Jun 1985. To Malaysian Navy.
royal malaysian navy XT779: ex UK RN XT779. dd Aug 1992 to Malaysian Navy (for spares ?). RMN identity not known.
    f.9662 1966     XT780: dd Jul 1966 to RN. 703 Sq/636 by Jul 1976, to A2716 RNAY Wroughton, to A2638, G.I. Fleetlands (wears 636, 2001).
    f.9663 1966     XT781: ex G-17-6. dd Royal Navy 1966. 829Sq/472 by Jun 1971, 829Sq Charybdis Flt/431-CY by 1976, 829Sq Gurkha Flt/444 by May 1979. To RNZN 1983.
royal new zealand navy NZ3908: ex XT781 from Royal Navy. Retired Apr 1998. Sold to Westland. Became G-KAWW and flies from Swansea painted as XT781.  Moved to North Weald still as G-KAWW and departed 1 Dec 2005 for South Africa, via Felixstowe Docks. At Virginia (Durban) July 2008.
    f.9664 1966     XT782: d/d 4 Oct 1966. Damaged in heavy landing 6 Jun 1983 when top hat section lifted. (Was due for SAAF as "97" but not delivered). On to RNZN (qv).
royal new zealand navy NZ3909: Delivered to RN as XT782 in 1966. To RNZN 1983 as spares source. Restored to operations with parts from NZ3904 and NZ3901 in 1994. Retired Apr 1997. Sold to Westlands. To Cranfield (UK) 1998, then to North Weald (EGSX) Nov 2002.
    f.9668 1966     XT786: dd Jan 1967 to RN. 829 Sq Amazon Flt/320-AZ by Jul 1976, to A2726, scr. Portland 1992.
    f.9670 1967     XT788: dd Mar 1967 to RN. 829 Sq Minerva Flt/424 by Jun 1972 still Oct 1973, 829 Sq/321 by Jul 1976, to RNAY Wroughton. Sold in UK 1985.
No Org. defined G-BMIR: Registered G-BMIR 24 Jan 1986 to Flightaid Dunkeswell, carrying code 316, de-registered 22 Dec 1995. Fate ?
    f.9671 1967     XT789: d/d 1 Apr 1967. w/o 12 Aug 1970 with 829 Sqdn, ditched near Mull of Kintyre while operating from HMS Dido (F104).
    f.9674 1967     XT792: dd 11 Jul 1967 to RN.  829Sq Bacchante Flt/425-BC by 1973 still Jul 1976, undercarriage collapsed following heavy landing on HMS Tiger in Far East 29 Sep 1977. To G-17-8, then to Brazilian Navy.
brazilian naval air force N-7041: ex UK RN XT792 and G-17-8. To FAMB as N-7041
    f.9675 1967     XT793: dd 14 Jul 1967 to RN. 703 Sq/616 by Jul 1976, 829Sq/456, 829Sq Berwick Flt/440 by Jun 1985, RNAY Wroughton, RNAY Fleetlands, Sold in UK.
No Org. defined G-BZPP: To Bruntingthorpe, to Ipswich, private East Dereham Apr 1995. Registered G-BZPP 15 Jan 2001 Moat Farm, Otley, Suffolk (wears XT793/456), Certificate of Airworthiness expires Dec 2004.
    f.9676 1967     XT794: d/d 5 Oct 1967. w/o 13 Apr 1984 with 829 Sqdn, ditched in sea following power loss, Ascension Island.
    f.9677 1967     XT795: d/d Nov 1967, crashed during landing onto a rolling deck 6 Jul 1983. To G.I. A2748. Preserved in Den Helder, at De Kooy, Netherlands as Dutch Navy "235".
    f.9717 1967     XV622: ff 17 Jan 1968, dd 1968 to RN. 703 Sq/506 by Jul 1976, dd 1983/9 ? to RNZN for spares.
    f.9718 1968     XV623: dd 05 Mar 1968, 829 Sq Nubian Flt/457 by May 1969 still Aug 1970, scr. Portland 1993
    f.9719 1968     XV624: dd 06 May 1968 to RN. /417 by Sep 1974, scr. Portland 1992
    f.9720 1968     XV625: dd May 1968 to RN. 815 Sq/471, to RNEC Manadon (HMS Thunderer), to RNAS Culdrose, to A2735 Lee-on-Solent, to A2649 G.I. Gosport (wears 471 HMS Sultan, 2001).
    f.9721 1968     XV626: d/d 18 Jun 1968, 829Sq Andromeda Flt/472-AM by 1970, to Malaysian Navy
royal malaysian navy M499-06: ex UK RN as XV626, to Malaysian Navy as M499-06. wfu 26 Sep 2002
    f.9722 1968     XV627: dd 4 Jul 1968 to RN. 829 Sq Hermione Flt/475 by Aug 1971. 815Sq/321, transferred to Army G.I. 71 Aircraft Workshops Detmold arrived Jul 1984, still there May 1989, scrapped ?
    f.9723 1968     XV628: d/d 11 Mar 1968. w/o 20 Jan 1972 with 829 Sqdn/464 Danae Flt, tail rotor coupling failure while returning to RAF Tengah from Horsborough and crashed into a Malaysian coconut plantation.
    f.9724 1968     XV629: dd 16 Apr 1969, 703 Sq, RNAY Wroughton, transferred to Army AAC Middle Wallop (May 1994 - Apr 2000), scrapped.
    f.9725 1969     XV630: dd 22 Apr 1969 to RN. w/o 14 Sep 1971
    f.9726 1969     XV631: dd 14 Aug 1969 to RN. 829 Sq Eskimo Flt/453 by Sep 1969, G.I. Farnborough.
    f.9727 1968     XV632: d/d 11 Dec 1968 to RN. 829Sq Berwick Flt/440-BK by 1975, 829Sq Ardent Flt/340-AD by Aug 1977. to Malaysian Navy.
royal malaysian navy M499-01: ex UK RN XV632. dd 1988 to Malaysian Navy as M499-01 (w/o 1991 ?)
    f.9729 1968     XV634: d/d 4 Feb 1969 to RN. Noted as 829 Sqdn/423 Diomede Flight, may 1984.
royal new zealand navy XV634: d/d 1989 to RNZN for spares.
    f.9731 1969     XV636: d/d 3 jul 1969 to RN. 829Sq Sirius Flt/450-SS by Oct 1973.
royal malaysian navy M499-02: ex UK RN XV636. d/d 1988 to Malaysian Navy as M499-02. wfu 26 Sep 2002
    f.9732 1967     XV637: d/d 12 Aug 1969. Fell off HMS Londonderry (F108) deck into sea 12 Jun 1969, recovered. 829Sqdn/441 Zulu Flight, 1971. Ditched in sea and sank 5 Apr 1977 near Eddystone Lighthouse, off Plymouth while operating from HMS Cleopatra (F28).
    f.9733 1969     XV638: d/d 3 Oct 1969. Ditched in South Atlantic 27 May 1983 with 829 Sqdn, following engine surge, recovered. To instructional airframe 8836M. Scrapped, High Wycombe 1991.





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