Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 41

Built 1961 - Written off 1968





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 41 Register XM920 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1961. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XM920

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA041, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XM920, 13/10/1961
conv HAS.3, unk
w/o 01/11/1968
to instuctional airframe as A2594, unk
scr 1974.
HAS.1 trials aboard HMS Devonshire between 13 Nov and 23 Nov 1961
814 Sq / 345-H by Jan 1962, 814 Sq / 347-V by Jul 1964, 814 Sq / 343-V by Feb 1965
737 Sq / 521 by May 1966
1967-03 A EGHG Conv HAS.3
Westland Wessex HAS.3 Conversion to HAS.3 between Mar 1967 and Aug 1968 at Yeovil.
1968-11-01 B Maenporth Accident HAS.3 826 Sq / 143-E by Oct 1968, heavy landing SW of Falmouth 1 Nov 1968
to Fleetlands 826 NAS
1969-05 C RM Condor G I Airframe to Arbroath (A2594) by May 1969
1970-07 D EGHFto Lee by Jul 1970
1974 Breakers Yard to scrapyard in Birmingham by mid




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