Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 27

Built 1961 - Scrapped 2004





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 27 Register XM868 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1961. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 27 Register XM868 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1961. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills



Aircraft History





XM868

jun61
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA027, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XM868, 01/06/1961
to instructional airframe as A2630, unk
to A2706, unk
scr at Predannack.
1961-06-23R/304 815 NAS
1962-02-21 A EGHF RNAS Lee-on-Solent (EGUS) Accident Investigation unit
1962-07-18 B EGVFRNAY Fleetlands
1964-11sent to Far East (possibly aboard HMS Eagle) and arrived on Christmas Eve 1964, for storage at Sembawang.
1965-02-13B - N 845 NAS
1965-10-08532 819 NAS
1967-07-17CU/574 706 NAS
1968-09-30RNAY Fleetlands, RNAY Wroughton, NASU Yeovilton
1974-12-16PO/517 772 NAS
1976-07-21 C EGDTRNAY Wroughton
1981-10-05PO/517 A EGHF RNAS Lee-on-Solent (EGUS) Ground Instruction - A2706
1984-01-19 A EGHF RNAS Lee-on-Solent (EGUS) with the Air Engineering School (AES) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent with 772 NAS markings


1992-10 D EGDO G I Airframe A2711. to Predannack Oct 1992. Still there by May 1993.
1992-10-28 D EGDOPredannack Fire School - A2630




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