Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 71

Built 1962 - Written off 1974





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 71 Register XP138 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1962. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XP138

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1962-05Westland Wessex HAS.1 d/d Royal Navy May62
conv HAS.3
737 Sqn /PO-654
w/o 15jul74 ditched on English Channel off Chesil Bank, Dorset on approach to RNAS Portland. 3 fatalities. Hull salvage by HMS Kinbrace 2 days later 737 NAS
1976-01 A EGVO Dump to Odiham dump still as /654 by Jan 1976




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