XT486 Wessex HU.5 Royal Marines (C/N wa308)

Westland Wessex HU.5

Construction Number: wa308


Built 1966





Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa308 Register XT486 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa308 Register XT486 used by Royal Marines RM ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
By Andy Marchmont



Aircraft History





XT486

jun66
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA308, f/f:?
del Royal Navy as XT486, 06/1966
to 8919M, G.I. Brize Norton, unk
to Altcar Ranges Merseyside, unk
pres. DGAM, Dumfries,
1990-03 A EGVN G I Airframe to Brize Norton JATE by Mar 1990

may82
united kingdom Royal Marines

reactivated 847 NAS 07may-24sep 1982 as /XR 847NAS 1982
1982-05-13 B HMS Raleigh mv Atlantic Causeway 847Sq /XR noted here on 13 May 1982, to join mv Atlantic Causeway later that day for South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate
1982-06-15XR Storm damage damaged during a storm while seconded to 848 NAS aboard HMS Glamorgan in South Atlantic. 847NAS Operation Corporate
2013-08-13 C Dumfries Galloway Museum Exhibit Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum from 2007
13aug13 in olive drab green


2020-08 C Dumfries Galloway Museum Exhibit still at Dumfries and Galloway Aviaition Museum.




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