Westland Sea King HAR.3

C/N wa 857

Built 1978 - Scrapped 2016





Helicopter Westland Sea King HAR.3 Serial wa 857 Register XZ591 used by Vector Aerospace ,Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1978. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Sea King HAR.3 Serial wa 857 Register XZ591 used by Vector Aerospace ,Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1978. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills



Aircraft History





XZ591

united kingdom Royal Air Force

RAF d/d 1978
1979-07-30 Rescue RAF SKTU, on station with 771 NAS Wessex XS481, off Gribbin Head (c 5nm SW of Fowey) for recovery of Fuji FA.200 G-BEUB, which had crashed into the sea while photographing competitiors in the Tall Ships Race on 30 Jul 1979.
1982-08-25 A Navy Point 202 Sq C Flt / SC 202 Sq C Flt, departed Southampton aboard mv Contender Bezant for Port Stanley and arrived at Navy Point on 25 Aug 1982, coded /SC.
2014-04-19 B EGQM at RAF Boulmer
2016-05-11 C EGVF at Fleetlands in her last days


united kingdom Vector Aerospace

2016-04-20 C EGVFVector Aerospace at Fleetlands, noted
Stripped of all usable parts and parked outside, to be scrapped




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