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westland Wessex HC.2


This is a version of wessex

1964        


Model History:

The Wessex HC.2 was an improved version of the Wessex HAS.1, designed for battlefield tactical support. To achieve the lift required (armed troops, resupply and significant underslung loads), Westland redesigned the nose, rotor head and engine compartment to accommodate twin turbines and provide single engine operation in the event of engine failure or battle damage. The HAS.1 anti-submarine sensors and equipment were removed and the whole airframe was strengthened to cope with the greater power, loads and potentially more violent manouvering associated with assault insertions.

Organisations / Units with this Model:

    Organisation     Del'd Units (bold=current)Bases/Heliports
1963/0372 Royal Air Force
1963/98     sar training unit (sartu)RAF Valley 1962/now
1963/97     2 Flying Training SchoolRAF Shawbury 1976/97
RAF Tern Hill 1976
1963/64     wessex intensive flying trials unitRAF Odiham 1963/64
1964/80     18 squadronAcklington 1968/69
DEGütersloh 1970/80
DEGütersloh 1965/68
RAF Odiham 1964/65
1964/02     72 squadronKent International / Manston 1974/76
RAF Aldergrove 1981/02
RAF Benson 1981
RAF Odiham 1961/81
1964/67     short range conversion unitRAF Odiham 1964/67
1965/71     78 squadron YEKhormaksar / Aden International 1956/67
AERAF Sharjah 1967/71
1967/71     wessex (sar) flight BHRAF Muharraq 1959/71
1967/71     helicopter operational conversion flightRAF Odiham 1967/71
1971/81     240 operational conversion unitRAF Odiham 1971/93
1971     air training squadronRAF Odiham 1971
1972/97     28 (ac) squadron HKKai Tak 1968/78
HKKai Tak 1997
HKSek Kong 1978/96
1972/75     103 squadron SGTengah Air Base 1971/75
1974/97     22 squadronAAC Wattisham 1994/now
Brawdy 1974/79
Kent International / Manston 1976/88
Newquay Cornwall Airport (RAF St Mawgan) 1992/97
Newquay Cornwall Airport (RAF St Mawgan) 1956/74
RAF Coltishall 1988/94
RAF Coltishall 1973/76
RAF Coltishall 1982/85
RAF Leconfield 1979/88
RAF Leuchars 1976/93
RAF Valley 1955/now
RMB Chivenor 1958/now
Thorney Island 1974/76
1980/82     wessex training flightRAF Benson 1980/82
1982/03     84 squadron CYNicosia (Lefkosia)
CYRAF Akrotiri 1972/now
1982/83     202 squadronBrawdy 1979/94
RAF Boulmer 1975/now
RAF Coltishall 1976/82
RAF Lossiemouth 1972/now
Thorney Island
1992/97     60(r) squadronRAF Benson 1992/97
RAF Shawbury 1997/now
1998/now1 newark (notts & lincs) air museum ltd.
1998/?? fuerza aerea uruguaya

Construction Numbers on database of Wessex HC.2
1private owner/unknown
1newark (notts & lincs) air museum ltd.
19Royal Air Force
5Aviación Naval Uruguaya         - Uruguayan Navy
2fuerza aerea uruguaya         - uruguay air force


Construction Numbers of this Model: Help Us    

C/NVersionBuiltHistory
    wa122 1963 Royal Air Force XR497 : dd 28 feb 1963. SAR duty at RAF Valley with 202 Sq by 1977. 22 Sq by Aug 1979 still by Sep 1986, 72 Sq/F by Mar 1998 still Sep 1999, wfu and sold to Uruguay AF.
fuerza aerea uruguaya 076 : ex RAF XR497. dd 20 Jun 2002, in service with EA5 by Sep 2002.
    wa123 1963 Royal Air Force XR498 : RAF Wessex HC2 in 1999 /X 72Sqn.
    wa130 1963 Aviación Naval Uruguaya 081 : To Uruguay Jan 1998. Delivered 20 Feb 1998.
Royal Air Force XR505 : First flew 1 Oct 1963, delivered 18 Oct 1963 . SRCU/N by 1964, 18 Sq/BS by 1976, 2FTS/WA and named Aries by Dec 1983 still with 2FTS Sep 1992. wfu and stored at RAF Shawbury.
    wa131 1963 Royal Air Force XR506 : ff 30 Oct 1963, dd 23 Dec 1963. 18 Sq/H by Jun 1968 still by Feb 1970, 72 Sq/AV by Sep 1974, 72 Sq/V by May 1984 still Feb 1999, to 9343M GI 1 SoTT RAF Cosford, to DARA Shawbury by Mar 2000.
    wa134 1963 Royal Air Force XR509 : ff 13 Dec 1963, dd 6 Jan 1964 . 18 Sq/N by Apr 1965 still Jun 1968. w/o 16 Oct 1981, to 8752M, scrapped Dec 1992.
    wa135 1963 Royal Air Force XR510 : ff 19 Dec 1963, dd 6 Jan 1964. HOCF/BZ by Sep 1970, w/o 12 Nov 1970 with HOCF as /BZ, in mid air collision with XT679/BU at RAF Odiham.
    wa139 1964 Royal Air Force XR517 : ff 22 Jan 1964, dd 3 Feb 1964. /G by Jun 1968. 72 Sq/AN by Sep 1972 still Sep 1978, 72 Sq/N by May 1984 still 1987, to DARA Fleetlands 11 Feb 1997. Sold.
    wa140 1964 Royal Air Force XR518 : RAF in July 1991 22Sqn.
    wa143 1963 Royal Air Force XR521 : First flew 16 Apr 1964 as HC.2, delivered 30 Apr 1964. Eventually to 2 FTS, wfu and stored at RAF Shawbury.
Aviación Naval Uruguaya 082 : To Uruguay Jan 1998. Delivered 20 Feb 1998.
    wa144 1964 Royal Air Force XR522 : ff 22 Apr 1964, dd 1 May 1964 . 78 Sq/O by 1965, HOCF/BW by Sep 1970, 84 Sq A Flt/Spades by May 1984, 28Sq/I by 1987, 28Sq/A by Sep 1996. Sold 1997.
fuerza aerea uruguaya 071 : Gate Guardian Grupo 1 FAU at Carrasco air base
    wa148 1964 Royal Air Force XR526 : ff 24 Aug 1964, dd 23 Sep 1964. w/o 27 May 1970 with 72 Sq, to RAF Odiham as 8147M, RAE Farnborough, G.I. Sherborne, Yeovil.  Sold.
    WA150 1964 Royal Air Force XR528 : ff 4 Nov 1964, dd 10 Dec 1964, 78 Sq/F, /BZ by Sep 1971, 28 Sq/A by Dec 1982 still Mar 1987, RAF Benson by Mar 1988, 72 Sq/T by Mar 1989 still Mar 1997, WSF/HMF by Jan 1988, G.I. RAF St Mawgan by Mar 1998, A2711/-DD G.I. Culdrose by Mar 2001, to HMS Sultan 2002, then RAF Lyneham by Feb 2007 and Lyneham fire dump by May 2007.
    wa195 1965 Royal Air Force XS676 : First flew 15 Feb 1965 as HC.2, delivered 24 Mar 1965. Eventually to 2 FTS, wfu and stored at RAF Shawbury.
Aviación Naval Uruguaya 083 : To Uruguay Jan 1998. Delivered 20 Feb 1998.
Aviación Naval Uruguaya 083 : w/o mar01 crash at sea during a rescue
    wa198 1965 Aviación Naval Uruguaya 084 : To Uruguay Jan 1998. Delivered 20 Feb 1998.
Royal Air Force XS679 : First flew 28 Apr 1965 as HC.2, delivered 5 May 1965. Eventually to 2 FTS/WG, wfu and stored at RAF Shawbury.
Royal Air Force XS679 : RAF in July 1991 /WG 2FTS.
    wa528 1966 Royal Air Force XT601 :
Royal Air Force XT601 : ff 13 Mar 1966, dd 18 Jun 1966, Wessex SAR Flt. Muharraq by Dec 1967, 72 Sq/AH by Jul 1977 still Sep 1978, to 22 Sq A Flt by Sep 1983, to 22 Sq C Flt by Sep 1996, to 9277M G.I. Odiham (composite with XS498).
    wa530 1966 Royal Air Force XT603 : First flew 10 Jun 1966 as HC.2, delivered 29 Jun 1966. Eventually to 2 FTS, wfu and stored at RAF Shawbury.
Aviación Naval Uruguaya 085 : To Uruguay Jan 1998. Delivered 20 Feb 1998.
    wa531 1966 Royal Air Force XT604 : ff 7 Jul 1966, dd 2 Aug 1966 to RAF. Wessex HAR.2  78Sq, Muharraq SAR Flt, 78 Sq, 103 Sq. 22 Sq A Flt by May 1984, SARTU by Jul 1993. Last flew 1995 with 9000+ hours (thanks M Lindsey). To DARA Fleetlands by Jan 1999. Sold Mar 2000.
XT604 m lindsey: To Air & Ground Aviation (Staffordshire). Acquired by M Lindsey 2002 and moved to East Midlands Aeropark by Jun 2003. Still there Oct 2004.
    wa547 1967 Royal Air Force XT679 : ff 8 Mar 1967, dd 31 Mar 1967. w/o 12 Nov 1970 with HOCF as /BU, mid air collision with XR510 HOCF/BZ at Odiham.
    wa623 1968 newark (notts & lincs) air museum ltd. XV728 : Sold Jun 1998 from DARA Fleetlands to Newark Air Museum and arrived by road 18 Aug 1998 for preservation, still there Jun 2005.
Royal Air Force XV728 : f/f 25 Apr 1968, d/d 10 May 1968 to RAF. To 18 Sq, to CFS, to 2FTS by 1981, to 72 Sq/A by 1983 still 1987 (named Argonaut). Last flight to DARA Fleetlands 20 Feb 1997, clocking up 12,031 flying hours, sold Jun 1998 to Newark Air Museum.
    19 C/N found.



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