By Steve Mills |
By Dave Taskis |
Aircraft History |
XZ248 | |||
Fleet Air Arm | |||
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1978-08-30 | RN First Flight 30Aug78 Delivered to NASU Yeovilton 22Sept78 as HAS.2 and then coded 424-MN | ||
1978-11 | Nov78 as 702 Sqn /MN-424 HAS.2 type at Yeovilton 702 NAS | ||
1979-01-11 | To 702 Squadron 11Jan79 and then 702 Squadron, HMS Minerva Flight 12Feb79 To 702 Squadron 22Jan/80 still as 424-MN To 815Squadron HMS Minerva Flight 05Feb80 To NASU Yeovilton 06Apr82 To 815Squadron, HMS Fife Flight as 404-FF 28Oct82 and later named "Shaggy" To RNAY Fleetlands 04Dec86 and later retunrned to 815Squadron, HMS Fife Flight 19Dec86 | ||
1987-07-09 | Westland Lynx HAS3 Converted to HAS.3 by NASU Yeovilton 09Jul87 | ||
1987-10-14 | To Westlands 14Oct87 To 815Squadron, HMS Newcastle Flight 08Jan88 as 345-NC 815 NAS | ||
1989 | A EGYP | HAS.3 type as NC/345 with 815Sqd 228 flight named Hawkeye on HMS Newcastle (D87) during South Atlantic deployment on RAF Mount Pleasant during same deployment | |
1990-03-30 | B EGSM | at Beecles awaiting collection having just being re-painted by BIH in HMS Newcastle flight 815NAS markings | |
1990-11-28 | Westland Lynx HAS3S Converted to HAS.3S by RNAY Fleetlands between 28Nov90 and 24May91 | ||
1992-04 | To 829 squadron, HMS Norfolk Flight 23 May 91 as 361-NF To 829 squadron HQ named "The Tardis" and uncoded (Dates TBC) To RNAY Fleetlands 01 Apr92 to 829 Squadron HQ coded 604 28Oct92 To 815Squadron HQ coded 305.-- 26Mar93 To 815 squadron HMS Newcastle Flight 15Jun93 coded 345-NC To Aircraft Maintenance Group (AMG) Portland 24Jul95 To 702 Squadron coded 634.- 19Feb96 | ||
1993-07-02 | C EHKD | open 02jul93 HAS.3 type 815Sqn./305 at De Kooy 815 NAS | |
1998-06-28 | 28jun98 as HAS3S type coded 634 of 702 Sqn taken in-flight off of Weymouth, UK 702 NAS | ||
2007 HAS.3S type /305 815Sqn 815 NAS | |||
2010-07-16 | 16Jul10 noted RNAS Yeovilton coded -/666 with no tail boom and false HMA8 nose 08Oct10 noted coded -.666 with tail boom painted as XZ239 Reported coded -/666 with School of Flight Deck Training ( SFDO ) | ||
2016-07-28 | D EGDR | RNAS Culdrose Air Day SFDO at RNAS Culdrose outside D1 for Air Day 2016, with HMA.8 nose, minus the electro-optical turret SFDO Culdrose Air Day 2016 | |
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