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  • Westland Lynx HAS3


    This model is a version of Lynx



    c/n 257


    Year 1982 to 2001




    Helicopter Westland Lynx HAS3 Serial 257 Register ZD253 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1982. Aircraft history and location



    Helicopter Westland Lynx HAS3 Serial 257 Register ZD253 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1982. Aircraft history and location
    By Steve Mills


    Helicopter Westland Lynx HAS3 Serial 257 Register ZD253 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1982. Aircraft history and location



    Helicopter Westland Lynx HAS3 Serial 257 Register ZD253 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1982. Aircraft history and location




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    ZD253

    united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

    23Sep82

    1984-01-25AEGHF RNAS Lee-on-Solent (EGUS) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent on exercise. Operated by 815 NAS, HQ


    1985-05-26304BEGUN Mildenhall Air Fete 85 At Mildenhall Air Fete 85 815 NAS
    1988-01CEGVF Conv HAS.3GM
    Westland Lynx HAS3GM to RNAY Fleetlands Jan 1988 for conversion to HAS.3GM until c Mar 1988
    815 NAS Charybdis Flt / 431-CY by Mar 1988 until c Oct 1998
    815 NAS Brilliant Flt / 342-BT by Dec 1990 until c Jul 1991
    702 Sq Jul 1991 until c Mar 1992
    829 NAS Boxer Flt / 376-XB by Mar 1992 until c Dec 1992
    829 Sq HQ Flt / 603 by Jan 1993
    1993-03CEGVF Conv HAS.3GMS
    Westland Lynx HAS3SGM to RNAY Fleetlands for HAS.3GMS conversion by Mar 1993, until c Aug 1993
    1997-02-03DGibraltar Harbour Off of Gibralter operated by 815 NAS for HMS Gloucester, visiting the deck of HMS Beaver


    DGibraltar Harbour visiting the deck of HMS Beaver from HMS Gloucester, (note the Beaver deck crew have altered the ships name on the nose as a joke). Operated by 815 NAS.


    1998-12-01410ELXGB Visiting noted at RAF North Front, Gloucester Flt 815 NAS
    1999-07-16FEGDR Visiting HAS.3SGM 815 NAS Gloucester Flt / 410-GC visited RNAS Culdrose on 16 Jul 1999
    2001-10-27RN
    HAS.3SGM type
    w/o 27oct01 Arabian Sea
    Accident w/o 27 Oct 2001 on Exercise Saif Sareea 01 as 815 Sq Marlborough Flt/363-MA when it crashed into the Arabian Sea from a low hover, after an Omani warship collided with it, wreckage at Yeovilton, to AIU VL on 3 Dec 2001
    In VL building 239 by 6 Aug 2006, reduced to spares and dumped by Aug 2007.



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