Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA075, f/f: 18/06/1962 del Royal Navy as XP142, 02/07/1962 conv HAS.3, unk w/o 21/05/1982 to A2720, FAAM, Yeovilton, Somerset, unk.
HAS.1 845Sq/J-A by Aug 1962, 845Sq/J-B by Jun 1964 (Anti-submarine fit) then 706Sq/574-CU by Dec 1966. 706 NAS
Westland Wessex HAS.3 conv to HAS.3 by Sep 1967 complete by Jul 1969 814 Sq/270-H by Nov 1969 706 Sq/570 by Jan 1971 737 Sq Hampshire Flt/402-HA by Sep 1975, 737 Sq Fife Flt/404-FF by Jun 1976 737 Sq HQ Flt/663-PO by Apr 1981, 737 Sq 100 Antrim Flt/406-AN "Humphrey" by Mar 1982.
HAS.3 led insertion of Special Forces as 737 Sq/406-AN, onto South Georgia on 21 Apr 1982 and recovered them on 22 Apr from Fortuna Glacier in several flights, after the other Wessex crashed during appalling weather conditions. Operation Paraquat
Damaged Damaged when HMS Antrim attacked in Falkland Sound, repaired returned to UK in HMS Antrim on 17 Jul 1982 to Portland to FAA Museum store at Wroughton by Sep 1994
