Westland Wessex HC.2

C/N wa129

Built 1963





Helicopter Westland Wessex HC.2 Serial wa129 Register XR504 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XR504

united kingdom Royal Air Force

Westland Wessex HC.2, c/n WA129, f/f: 30/08/1963
del Royal Air Force as XR504, 18/09/1963
preserved Akrotiri, Cyprus, unk.
1982-03-18 A EGDCto 22Sq A Flt, replacing XV730/BW, 18 Mar 1982, until herself replaced with A Flt on 8 Nov 1982 by XV729.
RAF Wessex HC.2
1984 22Sqn.
1984-09 B EGQLSAR duty at RAF Leuchars air show with B Flt 22Sqn
2010 still at RAF Akrotiri outside base museum not bad state tyres are flat on main under carrige paintwork bit dusty
June 2011 seen it again, on close inspection the engines are missing also the interior is very untidy one of the cockpit doors is ready to fall off round the side of the base museum the towbar used for getting the wessex to there is sitting there probably since 2006 this was the 1st year i seen the wessex i took some photos and will send them soon when i unload my camera




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