Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa270

Built 1965 - Written off 1981





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa270 Register XT448 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XT448

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA270, f/f: 17/02/1965
del Royal Navy as XT448, 05/03/1965
w/o 07/10/1981.
1981-10-07 Accident On a flight between NAS Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune while with 845Sq /S on HMS Hermes, a section of tail rotor failed and the airframe ditched and sank.




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