Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa167 Register XS493 used by Vector Aerospace ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.

By Steve Mills

Aircraft History

Fleet Air Arm
XS493
		RN HU.5 d/d 1964
		845Sq /F-B by Jun 1972 845Sq /R-H by Sep 1973 846Sq /VE-B by May 1979 RN Recruitment aid, RNAY Fleetlands by 1987 845 NAS
1964-07-23	N	A Buckingham Palace	RM300 dd May 1964, 848Sq/N by Jul 1964. Attended Royal Review of Royal Marines on 23 Jul. HU.5 fleet still had the HAS.1 type nose intake at the time. 848 NAS Tercentenary of the Royal Marines
1972-06	F-B	B TJSJ	noted at Puerto Rico International, during exercise with US Navy 845 NAS
1978-11-10	VE-VL	C Okehampton Camp	at Okehampton training grounds, operated by 846 NAS, coded VE-VL

	R	NASU CU by Jul 1967, 846Sq/A-CU by Jul 1968, 845Sq/R by Jan 1970 845 NAS
Vector Aerospace
1990		D EGVF	Stored Vector Aerospace Fleetlands by still 2011.

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XS493 Wessex HU.5 Vector Aerospace (C/N wa167)

Westland Wessex HU.5

Aircraft History

XS493

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