Helicopter Aerospatiale SA330E Puma Serial 1170 Register XW225 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1972. Aircraft history and location By Peter Mitrovitch Aircraft History XW225 1972 Royal Air Force RAF Puma HC1 in 1983 /FE 240OCU. 240 OCU 1989-07-26 A EGDC Air Day 89 240OCU./FE at Chivenor Air Day 19911991 in sand cammo during Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Shield/Storm 1991-09-20 B EBAW asg 33Sqn visit Antwerp, Belgium 33 Squadron 1992-11-06 C EGVO as 240 OCU /FE at RAF Odiham 240 OCU 1997-02-15 D EDUL1997 asg 18Sqn based at Laarbruch / Niederrhein, Germany 18 Squadron Accident w/o 15feb97 crashed near the village Urspring, Bavaria, Germany 18 Squadron 2003-11sold for scrap in Oxfordshire 2019-10 E Winthorpeto Newark & Notts Air Museum - as spares for restoration of XW208 ? 2020-12 F Beckingham G I Airframe to Beckingham Range, following spares recovery Send Updates Use APP to upload photo @ (optional) When Now? / / Send