XM833 Westland Wessex HAS.1 C/N wa 14

Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 14 Register XM833 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1960. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
XM833
		Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA014, f/f:? del Royal Navy as XM833, 27/09/1960 to SWAAPS collection, Lasham, unk to NEAM, Sunderland 24/05/2010.
		dd 27 Sep 1960, HAS.1 700Sq(H)/507 by Jun 1960, 706Sq/506 by 1964. 819 Sq/321 by Aug 1965, to Yeovil Mar/Apr 1966 for conv to HAS.3 706 NAS
		Westland Wessex HAS.3 814Sq/272-V by Jul 1968, 814Sq/272-H by 1969 820Sq/412-BL by May 1969 still Jun 1972. 814 NAS
1971-08-28	412-BL	A HMNB Portsmouth	HMS Blake 28 Aug 1971 Aboard HMS Blake as 820 Sq / 412-BL, while in Portsmouth 820 NAS
1972-06-15	412-BL	A HMNB Portsmouth	HMS Blake 15 Jun 1972 Aboard HMS Blake as 820 Sq / 412-BL, while in Portsmouth 820 NAS
1974-08	656-PO	737Sq/656-PO by Aug 1974 737 NAS
1981-12		B EGDT	Stored SoC Nov 1981 Wroughton store by Dec 1981.
1983-02-04		C EGHL	Exhibit Pres. SWWAPS Lasham by Mar 1983 still Jul 1985 still Mar 1996 still Mar 2003 still Dec 2004 still Dec 2005.
2010-04		D EGNU	Exhibit preserved North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland by Apr 2010, still Mar 2018.
2019-05-14		14may19 South Wales Aviation Museum at Picketston by St Athan