Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa101

Built 1963





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa101 Register XS122 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS122

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

820Sq/290-E by Jul 1965, 820Sq/060-E by 1966, to Yeovil for conv to HAS.3 Sep 1966. 820 NAS

Westland Wessex HAS.3 819 Sq/532 by Jun 1968, 737 Sq/435-PO by Mar 1972, 737Sq/655-PO by May 1979, ex 737Sq/655-PO. RNAY Wroughton 737 NAS
1980-05 A HMS Thunderer G I Airframe RNEC Manadon by May 1980 until at least 1993.
1999-05-28 B HMS SultanNoted within grounds of HMS Sultan, Gosport coded 655-PO
To A2707 Lee-on-Solent by Jun 1994, to A2632 G.I. Fort Grange Medical School, Gosport by Oct 1999 still Apr 2003 (wearing /655-PO), Apr 2007.
2007-12-17 C NDAC Tidenham Dive target Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA101, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XS122, 03/07/1963
GIA Gosport, Hampshire as A2707, unk
to The National Diving & Activity Centre, Tidenham, Chepstow, Gloucestershire where it was sunk on 17/12/2007.




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