Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 5

Built 1959





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 5 Register XM300 used by Ministry of Defence (MoD) ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1959. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XM300

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA005, f/f: 30/04/1959
del Royal Navy as XM300, 02/12/1959
to Wales Aircraft Museum 01/07/1984
stored Nantgarw area, Cardiff from 1991.

united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe, alternating between A&AEE and Westlands at Yeovil. RAE (Farnborough and Bedford) by 1970.
1980-03 A EGLF Stored Stored at Farnborough by Mar 1980, still Apr 1984, until Jun 1984
1984-07 B EGFF Exhibit to Wales Aircraft Museum Jul 1984, until c 1990
1991 Exhibit to Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum, Cardiff Docks until c 1998
1998 Stored to National Museum of Wales Collection Centre, Nantgarw by , still Oct 2016




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