Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.31 Serial wa221 Register N7-221 used by Fleet Air Arm (RAN) RAN (Royal Australian Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location
Westland Wessex Mk.31A, c/n WA221, f/f:23/05/63 del RAN as N7-221, 831, 29Apr63 With S/LEUT G. Dagleish and crew, ditched on take off from HMAS Melbourne due to engine failure, 05/05/67 aircraft recovered, unk LEUT Costa(P)and crew experienced an engine failure at 6000ft and made an emergency landing at Durras Beach NSW, 25 June 1975. Withdrawn 31/12/89 To Naval Aviation Museum, (now Australia's Museum of Flight), 1991.