Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa100

Built 1963 - Written off 1972





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa100 Register XS121 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa100 Register XS121 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History





XS121

jun63
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA100, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XS121, 07/06/1963
w/o 16/02/1972.
1965-03-25 A 25nm W Pangkor Ditched HAS.1 A&AEE by Aug 1964, 820Sq/295-E by Nov 1964, ditched in Malacca Strait, c 25nm W of Pangkor, on 25 Mar 1965 and recovered by HMS Eagle to Sembawang.

Westland Wessex HAS.3 UK for repair and became 3rd conversion to HAS.3, 700H Sq/582-CU by Feb still Jul 1967
737 Sq/525-PO by Sep 1968
737 Sq/435-PO by Sep 1970.
1972-02-16 Accident w/o 16 Feb 1972 with 737 Sq/435-PO, ditched in English Channel off Portland
Wreck recovered to Lee-on-Solent, still there Oct 1973. 737 NAS




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