Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa152

Built 1963 - Scrapped 1992





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa152 Register XS241 used by Ministry of Defence (MoD) Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) ,UK Government HMG (Her Majesty's Government). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS241

united kingdom UK Government

Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA152, f/f: 31/05/1963
del Royal Navy as XS241, unk
to 9102M, unk
scr Benson 12/1992.
Sept 1968 at RAE Farnborough used to drop models of Jaguar in spin tests

united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

prototype Wessex HU.5 f/f 31 May 1963
A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1963
RNAY Fleetlands by Oct 1968
RAE Farnborough by Sep 1970 still Sep 1972 still Sep 1975, (with A Flt by Mar 1978), still Dec 1980 still Mar 1988
to RNAY Wroughton by Mar 1989 still Dec 1990 Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
1974-12-03 A EGDR Visiting noted at RNAS Culdrose.
1991-01 B EGUB G I Airframe to Benson (9102M) Jan 1991, dumped by Jul 1992




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