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 Royal Air Force 24Nov71 | ||||
| RAF Puma HC1 ff 25oct71, dd 24nov71 230 Sq/DB by Sep72 tail rotor struck ground 27sep72 near Thetford while with 230 Sq Initially assessed as beyond economic repair.  | ||||
| 1976 | AEGFI | Repair , first Puma to be repaired by Westland plant at Oldmixon, returned to RAF in Aug | ||
| Repaired 230 Sq /DT by May 1984 still 1992 18 Sq/BW by 1993 still 1996 18 Sq/BX? by 1997 PASF (Benson) by 1998 33 Sq by Oct 1999 33 Sq by 2004 PASF, 230 Sq by Jun 2005 33 Sq by Feb 2006 18 Squadron | ||||
| 1995 18Sqn /BW 2007 33Sqn. 18 Squadron | ||||
| 2007-04-15 | Accident w/o asg 1563 Flt then CAT5 accident in Iraq It landed too close to the section leader (XW211) and the main blades intertwined  Operation Telic | |||
| 2008-03-05 | BEGOS | Stored to Shawbury store 5 Mar 2008 wreck still present at Shawbury May 2009, still Dec 2015 | ||
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