Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa263 Register XS883 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
Accident en route Malta from Gibraltar aboard HMS Hermes, 892Sq Sea Vixen ditched immediately following launch by catapult. Planeguard Wessex HAS.1 of Hermes SAR Flt/346-H on scene, was struck by part of the ship on 23 Jan 1967 and lost.
