Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 15

Built 1960 - Written off 1970 - Scrapped 1976





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 15 Register XM834 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1960. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XM834

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1960-09-29Westland Wessex HAS.1 del Royal Navy 29sep60
conv HAS.3, unk
w/o 21nov70 at RNAS Culdrose
Nov76 scr Odiham
1964-11-24 A WSAG Accident 700Sq(H)Sq/508 by Oct 1960, 706Sq/508 by Jan 1962, 814Sq/G-B by Oct 1964, crashed during night exercise at Sembawang 24 Nov 1964, to Fleetlands. To Yeovil for conv to HAS.3 Feb 1965.
1967-00-00 B EGDM Wessex Mk. 3 XM 834 Engine handling and production rotor speed governor performance trials at Boscombe Down Jan-Mar 1967 with Gazelle MK165. Performance around all axis described as good

Westland Wessex HAS.3 A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1966, 700H Sq/580-CU by May 1967, 700H Sq/584-CU by Aug 1967, 814Sq/274-V by Sep 1967, 706Sq/574-CU by Sep 1968, 706Sq/570-CU by Oct 1969, broke up during ground running 5 Oct 1970. To Lee for AIU. Lee dump by Apr 1971.
1976-01 C EGVO Dump to Odiham dump still as /570 by Jan 1976




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