Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa184

Built 1964





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa184 Register XS515 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Royal Marines RM. Built 1964. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS515

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

built as Wessex HU.5 d/d 4 Nov 1964, 845Sq/Q-H by Sep 1973. 847 Sq/XB May 1982, 845Sq/N by May 1984 still Jul 1985, 845Sq/(Y)N to Oct 1986 (last HU.5 in RN front line service), to A2747 Lee-on-Solent by Aug 1995, to A2658, to HMS Sultan Gosport by Jan 2000, G.I. Keogh Barracks, Aldershot
1985 846Sqn /N 846 NAS

united kingdom Royal Marines

reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XB 847NAS 1982
1982-05-13 A HMS Raleigh mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XB noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1985-05-26N B EGUN Mildenhall Air Fete 85 At Mildenhall Air Fete 85 845 NAS
1985-07-13N C EGVA IAT 1985 13-14 July at Fairford 845 NAS




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