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westland Lynx mk23


This is a version of Lynx

1978        


Model History:

Export version of the HAS.2 for the Argentine Navy

Organisations / Units with this Model:

    Organisation     Del'd Units (bold=current)Bases/Heliports
1978/852 Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina
1978/85     1ra escuadrilla aeronaval de helicopterosComandante Espora 1950/now



Construction Numbers on database of Lynx mk23
2Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina         - Argentine Navy
1kongelige danske marine         - royal danish navy


Construction Numbers of this Model: Help Us    

C/NVersionBuiltHistory
    035 Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina 0734 : Lynx Mk23. UK westland as G-BFDT. ARA 3-H-41 then 3-H-141. Embargo after 1982 war caused lack of spare parts so sold to Denmark Navy as S-035 in 1987
kongelige danske marine S-035 : ex Argentine Navy. RDN del. 1987 helicopter used as flight simulator, never flown by Danish Navy
    036 Comando de Aviacion Naval Argentina 0735 : Lynx Mk23. ARA 3-H-42 then 3-H-142. First argentine aircraft to land on the Falklands/Malvinas after the amphibious assault. On 15may82 (CC Perciacanto, TN Loubet, SS Gonzalez) emergency landing after mechanical failure on Type 42 Destroyer ARA Santisima Trinidad (D2) part of the Argentine carrier battlegroup. Recovered but not repair. Preserved at Navy Museum (MUAN) in Bahia Blanca

    2 C/N found.


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