XS486 Westland Wessex HU.5 C/N wa160

Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa160 Register XS486 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
XS486
	Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA160, f/f:? del Royal Navy as XS486, 05/03/1964 to 9272M, unk.
	848 Sq/G Apr 1964 707 Sq/V-CU by Dec 1964, 707 Sq/S-CU by Oct 1966 still Feb 1970, 707Sq/T-CU by Aug 1970, /R-A by 1971 (in Malaysia) ?, 707 Sq/WW-VL by Jan 1977 still Jul 1979 still Mar 1982. 707 NAS
1982-04-19	A Anchorage Delta	RFA Regent embarked RFA Regent in Plymouth Sound on 17 Apr 1982 as 848 Sq A Flt/WW, to South Atlantic. Operation Corporate
1982-06-20	B South Thule	embarked HMS Endurance on 17 Jun and departed for Southern Thule. Inserted troops on 20 Jun. Operation Keyhole
	848 Sq A Flt/WW Apr 1982 to Jul 1982 707 Sq /WW by Jul 1982, 707Sq/ZH by Sep 1984 ex 771 Sq/825-CU, Stored RNAY Wroughton by 1987 To 9272M, G.I. Colerne by Jun 1991, 93 Sqdn Air Cadets 1997 in Bath, wearing /F 771 NAS
2005-04	To THM Weston-super-Mare tailless as ex 771 Sq/24 by Apr 2005. 771 NAS
2018-09-22	C EGFI	Reserve Collection 22 Sep 2018 in open storage outside Helicopter Museum, / 24 with union flag painted nose