Westland Wessex HC.2

C/N wa534

Built 1966 - Written off 1988





Helicopter Westland Wessex HC.2 Serial wa534 Register XT607 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1966. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Wessex HC.2 Serial wa534 Register XT607 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1966. Aircraft history and location
By Al Henderson



Aircraft History





XT607

united kingdom Royal Air Force

1966-09-08 A NDAC Tidenham Dive target Westland Wessex HC.2, c/n WA534, f/f 08sep66
del Royal Air Force as XT607, 18sep66
GIA Gosport, Hampshire, unk
to The National Diving & Activity Centre, Tidenham, Chepstow, Gloucestershire where it was sunk on
72 Sq/P by Jun 1968, 72 Sq/AP by Sep 1976, 72 Sq/P (still) by May 1984
1988-01-13 B Crawfordsburn Accident w/o 13 Jan 1988 with 72 Sq when force-landed near hospital at Crawfordsburn, North Down, NI. 72 Squadron Operation Banner
1993-06-2020jun93 as P/ 72 Sqn at RAF Cosford Airshow 72 Squadron


to DARA Fleetlands by Jan 1999 still Feb 2000
G.I. HMS Sultan Gosport /J-O by Nov 2005, still Apr 2007.




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