Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa108

Built 1963





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa108 Register XS149 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa108 Register XS149 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location
By Al Henderson



Aircraft History





XS149

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA108, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XS149, 18/10/1963
conv HAS.3, unk.
HAS.1 845Sq/O-B by Mar 1965, 819 Sq/530 by Jan 1966 still 1967. 845 NAS

Westland Wessex HAS.3 Conv to HAS.3 829Sq Fife Flt/403-FF by May 1969, 737Sq Fife Flt/403-FF Jun 1970
1970-10-29403-FF A MTMLA Exercise Lime Jug departed Valletta aboard HMS Fife for Lime Jug. 737 NAS Exercise Lime Jug
737Sq Devonshire Flt/403-DV by 1972
737 Sq/661-PO by Jul 1976 still Jul 1979 still Jul 1980
To Plessey Naval Systems, Templecombe by 1985 still 1987
RNEC Manadon
Pres. THM Weston-super-Mare with tail boom from a Srs 60 G-17-6 (stored).
1993-07-2424jul93 preserved at International Helicopter Museum (IHM), Weston-Super-Mare as 61,G-17-6


2018-09-22 B EGFI Reserve Collection 22 Sep 2018 in open storage, partially covered by tarpaulin, outside Helicopter Museum with rear fuselage of G-17-6




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