c/n f.9609

Helicopter Westland Wasp Serial f.9609 Register XT439 used by Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy). Built 1965. Aircraft history

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XT439 Fleet Air Arm		Sembawang Accident ( 14-jul-67 ) d/d 13 Dec 1965 845 Sq by Dec 1966 829 Sq Ajax Flt/460-AJ by Mar 1967. Ditched and sank in shallow water adjacent to Sembawang on 14 Jul 1967. Recovered and returned to UK RNAY Fleetlands by Sep 1967
XT439 Fleet Air Arm		829 Sq Zulu (029) Flt/442-ZU by Aug 1977 until c Jul 1979
XT439 Fleet Air Arm		Wroughton ( 21-oct-78 ) 21oct78 noted in store RNAY Wroughton coded 442
XT439 Fleet Air Arm		Merryfield Accident ( 25-mar-86 ) 829 Sq Rhyl Flt/446-RH by Jun 1980, w/o 25 Mar 1986, crashed at Merryfield following loss of control RNAY Wroughton, Cranfield
XT439 Fleet Air Arm		Cranfield Stored ( 1990 ) to Cranfield by 1990
XT439 Fleet Air Arm		Bruntingthorpe ( dec-95 ) arrived from Cranfield in Dec 1995 but departed for Kings Lynn in Jan 1996
XT439 Fleet Air Arm		to Kings Lynn Jan 1996 Preserved Hemel Hempstead.

Westland Wasp