Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa286 Register XT464 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA286, f/f:? del Royal Navy as XT464, 01/10/1965 w/o 22/04/1982.
HU.5 845Sq/E-B by Nov 1965 still May 1966 still Sep 1968, 846Sq/E-CU by Nov 1969 (replacing XS483), 846Sq/XE-CU by Jul 1971, 846Sq/XE-VL by May 1972 still Sep 1973, 845Sq/B-H by Sep 1985, 846Sq/VC-B by Jul 1979, 845Sq/(Y)F by Aug 1981
crashed on Fortuna Glacier, 22 Apr 1982 as 845Sq/(Y)F, while rescuing troops of D Sqn 22 SAS Regt from an abortive reconnaissance mission on South Georgia. Wreck abandoned in place. 845 NASOperation Paraquat
