| By Steve Mills |
Aircraft History |
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| 1983-08-23 | RN, f/f 23aug83, d/d 05sep83 | ||
815 Sq Newcastle Flt /345-NC from May 1985, until c Feb 1986.  | |||
| 1986-01-23 | transferred c 250 evacuees, 6 at a time from mv Diamond Princess to HMS Newcastle on 23 Jan 1986 during an evacuation of British nationals from Aden. Operation Balsac | ||
| 1988-07-13 | A EGDP | as HAS.3 type /BA.328 of 829 Squadron, HMS Brave flight at RNAS Portland | |
| 1989-10 | Boadicea 829 Sq Campbeltown Flt / 338-CT from Oct 1989 until c Oct 1992. | ||
| 1992-04-18 | Firefighting 18 Apr 1992: winched a firefighting team from HMS Campbeltown aboard mv World Hitachi Zosen off Mauritania and supplied them with foam drums from RFA Grey Rover. | ||
| 815 Sq York Flt / 407-YK by Nov 1992 until c Dec 1993 815 Sq HQ Flt / 306 by Jan 1994 until c Feb 1995 | |||
| 1995-03 | B EGVF | Conv HMA.8 Westland Lynx HMA.8 RNAY Fleetlands by Mar 1995 for conv to HMA.8, completed c Aug 1996. | |
| 815 Sq Northumberland Flt / 372-NL by Sep 1996 until c Mar 1998 815 Sq Boxer Flt / 376-XB by Apr 1998 until c Aug 1999 815 Sq York Flt / 407-YK by May 2000, marked by the classical scholars of 221 Flt as Canis Testes, until c Mar 2001. | |||
| 2001-04 | B EGVF | Conv HMA.8DSP Westland Lynx HMA8 (DSP) RNAY Fleetlands by Apr 2001 for conv to HMA.8DSP, completed c Jul 2001. | |
| 2007 HMA.8 type as 815Sqn /308 815 NAS | |||
| 2009-09-18 | C GBSUN | Wearside 702 NAS/643 embarked HMS Ocean Sep 2009 during 4 day visit to Sunderland | |
| 2010-10-26 | 644 | D EHLW | Lynx HMA.8SRU type. Stop Leeuwarden direction east 702 NAS |
| 2010-10-29 | 644 | D EHLW | Lynx HMA.8SRU type, at Leeuwarden 702 NAS |
| 2022-01-13 | E EGVP | Near Middle Wallop main gate, minus many parts | |
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