Westland Wasp

C/N f.9567

Built 1963 - Written off 1968





Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9567 Register XS540 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS540

20Feb64
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

dd 20 Feb 1964. 829 Sq Ashanti Flt/177 by Mar 1964,
829 Sq/455-AU by Sep 1966.
1968-04-17455-AU A c 1100nm WNW of Luanda Accident w/o 17 Apr 1968 with 829 Sqdn, crashed into sea W of Angola and sank, while operating from HMS Aurora. (Thanks to S Newton for confirming approx location). 829 NAS




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