c/n wa 63

Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 63 Register XP112 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1962. Aircraft history and location

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XP112
Fleet Air Arm
1962-04-04		Westland Wessex HAS.1 d/d 04apr62 w/o 17sep75 HMS Ark Royal, ditched into the English Channel off Plymouth
1964-06-13	AWBGS	Ground accident 845Sq/G-A by May 1962, 845 Sq/G-B by Mar 1964, entered ground resonance at Sibu after returning from a troop lift to Song, on 13 Jun 1964 and struck 845Sq XP155/B chopping off its tail. Repaired.
		819 Sq/532 by May 1967 771 Sq/518-PO by Nov 1969 still Jul 1971 Wroughton store by Jun 1972. 771 NAS
1975-09-17	B32nm S of Plymouth	Accident Ark Royal SAR Flt/046-R by Mar 1974, Ark Royal SAR Flt/047-R by Aug 1975, w/o 17 Sep 1975 when ditched into English Channel operating from HMS Ark Royal (R09), sank.

Westland Wessex HAS.1