Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 47

Built 1961 - Scrapped 1999





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 47 Register XM926 used by Ministry of Defence (MoD) Royal Aerospace Establishment (RAE) ,RAE ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1961. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XM926

08Jan62
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA047, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XM936, 08/01/1962
scr Pendine Sands, 1999.
1962-01503-CU A EGDRassigned 706 NAS as /503-CU
damaged undercarriage during night landing Feb 1964. 706 NAS
1964-03 B EGVF Stored to Fleetlands for repair
then held in storage until Dec 1965
1966-01276-Vassigned 814 NAS / 276-V and embarked for HMS Victorious Asia/Pacific 1966/67 deployment. 814 NAS
1967-09576-CU A EGDRassigned 706 NAS / 576-CU 706 NAS
1970-1119-VL C EGDYassigned Yeovilton Stn Flt as /(7)19-VL
1972-07-08(7)19-VL C EGDYtook part in the 1972 Yeovilton Air Day

mar73
united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

1973-0319-VL D EGVW Radar Research Flt on loan to RAE Bedford. Still there by Mar 1978. SoC by Royal Navy Nov 1979. RAE
1980-0719-VL E EGLF Spares Recovery to Farnborough for spares recovery (used for Raspberry Ripple XM330 ?)
to Pendine Range by Mar 1986 RAE
1988-0219-VL F Pendine Sands G I Airframe rotorless hulk at Pendine Sands by Feb 1988, still Mar 1990
scrapped 1999 Royal Aerospace Establishment




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