XR523 Westland Wessex HC.2 C/N wa145

Helicopter Westland Wessex HC.2 Serial wa145 Register XR523 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1964. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

Royal Air Force
XR523
		Westland Wessex HC.2, c/n WA145, f/f: 08/05/1964 del Royal Air Force as XR523, 28/07/1964 to Torpoint, Plymouth, Cornwall for G/I, unk.
		dd 28 Jul 1964, 72 Sq/E by Sep 1968 still Jul 1969, 72 Sq/AE by Sep 1970 72 Squadron
1968-09		A EGLF	RAF - noted on display at SBAC Farnborough Airshow Sep68 coded E with 72Sqn 72 Squadron
		Farnborough Airshow 1970 72Sqn /AE 72 Squadron
1978-05-27	AM	B Bassingbourn	Bassingbourn Air Show 1978 At Bassingbourn Air Show 1978 72 Squadron
		72Sq/AM by May 1978, 72Sq/AR by Aug 1978, 72 Sq/M by May 1984 still Jul 1994 still Nov 1995 60 Sq/(M ?) 72 Squadron
		to DARA Fleetlands 27 Jan 1997 still Feb 2000 GI HMS Sultan by 2002
2003		C HMS Raleigh	G I Airframe G.I. HMS Raleigh by , still 2009, still 2013, still Dec 2015
2016-07		D EGFP	G I Airframe to Pembrey Range by Jul 2016