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westland wessex

in ghana air force

Del'd: 2 - 1966 to 1978

History of this Model in this Organisation:

Wessex Mk.53 built at Yeovil with twin Bristol Siddeley Gnome Mk.110/111 gas turbine engines.

Units with this Model in this Organisation:

Years	Units	bold : Current Base of the Unit

Roles of this Model in this Organisation:

Roles

Construction Numbers of this Model in this Organisation:	Help Us

C/N	Mod	Built	ID In this Organisation	In other Org

wa503		1966	G-630: Wessex Mk.53 Delivered 1966. Sold to Bristow as G-BGER.	G-BGER: ex G-630. To VH-BHI Mar 1979 on a Bristow contract in Australia. Restored to G-BGER, then 5N-ALO, G-BGER and N252HL. Sold to Uruguayan Naval Air Service in 1994. 065: From Bristow Helicopters in part exchange for SH-34J (which was retired from ANU in 1988) in May 1994. Fitted with auxilliary fuel tanks for longer endurance.
wa504		1966	G-631: Wessex Mk.53 Delivered 1966 ?. Sold to Bristow as G-BGWT.	G-BGWT: ex G-631. Became G-BGWT Aug 1979. De-reg Jan 1990 on export to USA and became N250HL of Hi-Lift Helicopters. Sold to Uruguayan Naval Air Service in 1991. 063: From Bristow Helicopters in part exchange for Navy SH-34J in Aug 1991. Fitted with auxilliary fuel tanks for longer endurance.

2 C/N found in this Organisation