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Westland Wessex HAS.31

C/N wa216

Built 1963





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.31 Serial wa216 Register N7-216 used by Fleet Air Arm (RAN) RAN (Royal Australian Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History




N7-216

29Apr63
australia Fleet Air Arm (RAN)

1963-04-29826Westland Wessex Mk.31A, c/n WA216, f/f:14/03/63
del RAN as N7-216, 826, 29Apr63
On 08Jan85, with the Commanding Officer of 816 Sqdn, LCDR C. Mayo, (P), RAN & LEUT VEB Di Pietro(P), RAN, the aircraft conducted a search and subsequent rescue of a fisherman from rocks adjacent to Point Perpendicular, near Jervis Bay, NSW. Withdrawn 31/12/89
To Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Displayed as 826. 816 Squadron
2008826 A National Maritime Museum Exhibit Preserved at Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney by
2016-10-24826 A National Maritime Museum Exhibit Still /826 at National Maritime Museum, Oct 2016




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