Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 63

Built 1962 - Written off 1975





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





Aircraft History





XP112

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1962-04-04Westland Wessex HAS.1 d/d 04apr62
w/o 17sep75 HMS Ark Royal, ditched into the English Channel off Plymouth
1964-06-13 A WBGS 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 B 32nm 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.




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