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 XZ695 Fleet Air Arm | RN, 05Sep79 f/f Westlands Yeovil, 14Sep79 d/d RN HAS2 NASU Yeovilton 10Mar80 to 815Squadron, HMS Broadsword coded BW.346 19Aug81 to 815Squadron, HMS Birmingham still coded BW.346, noted RNAS Portland 19Nov81 as such 16Mar82 to RNAY Fleetlands 21Oct82 to 203 Flight, 815Squadron, HMS Glamorgan coded GN.400 14Mar83 203 Flight transferred to 815Squadron, HMS Argonaut uncoded and noted RNAS Lee-on-Solent 27Aug83 as such 06Apr87 203 Flight transferred to 829 Squadron, HMS Argonaut now coded AT.466 named "Jason"  | |
| XZ695 Fleet Air Arm |  Westland Lynx HAS315Dec87 to NASU Yeovilton for HAS3 conversion 05May88 to 829 Squadron, HMS Battleaxe coded BX.403 15Dec88 noted RNAS Portland now with 829 squadron, HMS Broadsword coded BW.346 | |
| XZ695 Fleet Air Arm |  | Portland Heliport ( 16-may-88 ) 16May88  as HAS.3 type of 829 Sq, Battleaxe coded BX.403 taken at RNAS Portland. On background is XZ734 815Sqd /LO-405 (having been passed from 829Sqd, HMS London Flight on 09May88) just before being modified to HAS3GMS type |
| XZ695 Fleet Air Arm | Westland Lynx HAS3S 30Jan89 to RNAY Fleetlands for HAS3S Conversion (4th Conversion) 01Oct89 to 829 squadron, HMS Boxer uncoded 05Nov89 to 829 squadron HMS Brazen uncoded, noted 09Mar90 coded BZ.330 23Jul90 to 815Squadron, HMS Charybdis coded CY.431 01Sep91 to 815Squadron, HMS Andromeda coded AM.472 01Jul92 transferred to 829 Squadron still HMS Andromeda coded AM.472 27Jan93 to 815Squadron, HMS Edinburgh coded EB.411, noted 07Jun93 RNAS Portland named "Captain Nebulous" and unnamed 28Jul94 at RNAS Portland 16Sep94 to AMG Portland coded EB.411, noted 11Jan95 painted as ZD260 after tail boom change 17Jul95 to 815Squadron, HMS Northumberland coded NL.372 13Sep96 to 815Squadron, HMS Newcastle coded NC.345 named "Wild Thing", noted 17Oct98 RNAS Portland un-named | |
| XZ695 Fleet Air Arm | Westland Lynx HMA.8 2000 approx date converted to HMA.8 standard | |
| XZ695 Fleet Air Arm | 815 Sq HQ Flt/308 by Jul 2001 until c Aug 2003. Took part in QinteiQ deck landing and handling trials aboard rv Triton during Jul 2001. | |
| XZ695 Fleet Air Arm | Westland Lynx HMA8 (DSP) 17Apr04 noted coded 318 at the London Air Show in the Earls Court Arena | |
| XZ695 Fleet Air Arm | | Arabian Sea (NM) ( 03-mar-05 ) w/o 03mar05, 815Sq Nottingham Flt/417 ditched in Arabian Sea and sank, NE of Oman |
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