| By Steve Mills |
Aircraft History |
XT458 | |||
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| Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA280, f/f:? del Royal Navy as XT458, 01/07/1965 to A2768, unk to A2679, GIA AESS Gosport, Hampshire, unk.  | |||
| 1976-04-10 | 10Apr76 noted HMS Hermes coded H/J of 845Squadron 04Jun76 noted RNAS Yeovilton coded H/H of 845 Squadron 06MAy82 noted RNAS Yeovilton coged P of 845Squadron 27May82 noted RNAS Portland coded PO/315 of 772Squadron A Flight named "Statler" 25Jun82 noted HMS Illustrious coded L/315 of 772Squadron A Flight named "Statler" 15Dec82 noted coded PO/622 RNAS Portland of 772Squadron 29Sep88 noted coded PO/622 at RNAS Lee-on-Solent Air Engineering School(AES) 772 NAS | ||
| 1982-06-24 | on HMS Illustrous, operated by 772 Sq, A Flight, named Statler | ||
| 1982-06-25 | 25jun82 coded L/315 of 772Squadron C Flight named "Statler" operating from HMS Illustrious as she sailed from Newcastle before she was officially commissioned. The other aircraft C flight operated was XT485 "Waldorf". Both names after the 2 old men on the Muppets The carrier went into Portsmouth to take on weapons and stores before sailing to the Falklands on Aug 2 and being commissioned at sea, the first time in Royal Navy history that had ever happened | ||
| 2011-12 | Dec11 being refurbished at RNAS Yeovilton for display puposes | ||
| 2012-08 | A EGDY | Gate Guardian 707Sq/Y-CU by Jul 1966, 707Sq/WY-CU by Jul 1971, 707Sq/WY-VL by May 1972, 845Sq/(Y)J-H by Apr 1974, NASU-VL by Dec 1974, 845Sq/(Y)H-H by Apr 1975, 845Sq/(Y)P by Dec 1978 still Jul 1979, 772Sq/315-L briefly in Jul 1982, 772Sq/622-PO by Jul 1982, SAR Flt Lee-on-Solent/624-PO by Jul 1983 still May 1984, SAR Flt Lee-on-Solent/622 by Oct 1985 still 1987, to A2768 to AES Lee-on-Solent /622 by Apr 1988 Jul 1992, to A2679 to HMS Sultan Gosport /622 by Sep 1995 still Jan 2000 still Apr 2007. Restored at RNAS Yeovilton, gate guard as /P-VL at Yeovilton Aug 2012. 772 NAS | |
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