Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa285 Register XT463 used by Royal Air Force RAF ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history and location
Royal Navy Wessex HU.5 d/d 07sep65
to AEES Gosport for G/I as A2624, 28sep96
to Predannack Fire School, Cornwall by may00
to Air Ground, Hixon, 05dec00
scr by 2010
dd 7 Sep 1965, 845 Sq/R-B by May 1966 848 Sq/VS-B by Sep 1974 707Sq /WZ by Jan 1980 707 NAS
Originally selected from 707 NAS as a candidate for 848 NAS D Flt (mv Atlantic Conveyor) but was damaged by FOD after arriving in Plymouth, for planned embarkation and was replaced on unit strength by XT483. 848 NAS
mv Astronomer Following repairs, allocated to 707 NAS as /ZB and reallocated to 848 NAS on 29 Apr. Subsequently embarked mv Astronomer on 7 Jun in Plymouth Sound at Delta Buoy, arriving early Jul, after Operation Corporate had completed. 848 NAS