| By Al Henderson |
Aircraft History |
XG596 | |||
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| dd 24 May 1957 to 700Sq as /508-H 737Sq/775-PO by Feb 1961 829Sq by 1965 705Sq/563-CU by Dec 1966, 705Sq/566-CU by late 1971. Landed near Falmouth after mid-flight incident and lifted to RNAS Culdrose by Sea King XV660 Jun 1973. To GI A2651.  | |||
| 1974-12-17 | 566 | A EGDR | retired and left Culdrose for Wroughton 705 NAS |
| 1993-07-24 | B EGFI | Preserved RN type HAS.7 24jul93 preserved at International Helicopter Museum (IHM), Weston-Super-Mare as 661 | |
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| 1976-12 | B EGFI | acquired by Weston-super-Mare Dec 1976, for British Rotorcraft Museum. | |
| 1978-06 | B EGFI | Exhibit at British Rotorcraft Museum (now IHM) Jun 1978, still Jun 1979 | |
| 1993-10 | C EGHG | Restoration To Yeovil for restoration by Westland, on behalf of the IHM Weston-super-Mare | |
| 2013-04 | B EGFI | at The Helicopter Museum, Weston super Mare | |
| 2018-09-22 | B EGFI | Reserve Collection unlikely that the restoration at Yeovil was completed. Stored outside IHM at Weston-super-Mare as / 66, by Sep 2018 | |
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