XP150 Wessex HAS.1 (C/N wa 83)

Westland Wessex HAS.1

Construction Number: wa 83


Built 1962





Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 83 Register XP150 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 83 Register XP150 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
By Dave Taskis


Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 83 Register XP150 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
By Steve Mills





Aircraft History





XP150

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

706Sq/506-CU by Mar 1964, 706Sq/576-CU by Dec 1965, to Yeovil by May 1966 for conv HAS.3 706 NAS

Westland Wessex HAS.3 814Sq/273-V by Mar 1968, 814Sq/273-H by 1969, 737 Sq Kent Flt/401-KE by Oct 1972 still Aug 1973, 737 Sq Antrim Flt/406-AN by Aug 1978 still May 1979. 737 NAS
1962-10-05RN Wessex HAS.1 d/d 05oct62
conv HAS.3
to Moreton-in-Marsh Fire Training College
737Sq HQ Flt uncoded by Mar 1982 until Dec 1982, 737 Sq Antrim Flt/406-AN by Jan 1984. To Lee-on-Solent by Aug 1984, left by Mar 1993. 737 NAS
1978 A HMS Raleigh25aug78 as 737 NAS /406-AN with Fishery Protection pennant at HMS Raleigh. She was temporarily based at HMS Raleigh for Plymouth Navy Days (26-28 Aug). 737 NAS


1979-07-2222jul79 coded 606-AN with HMS Antrim
1983-02-02 at RNAS Portland painted green for operations in Northern Ireland


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1993-04 B Moreton-in-Marsh G I Airframe G.I. National Fire College Moreton-in-Marsh by Apr 1993, on northern perimeter track, still there as /LS Jun 2006.




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