Westland Whirlwind HAR.1

C/N wa 1

Built 1952





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 Serial wa 1 Register XA862 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1952. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 Serial wa  1 Register XA862 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1952. Aircraft history and location
By Andrew Thomas


Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 Serial wa  1 Register XA862 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1952. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills





Aircraft History





XA862

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1952-11-12f/f 12nov52 as Srs.1 G-AMJT
f/f 01aug53 as HAR.1
705 Sq Oct 1954, 705 Sq/704 by Jun 1955, 705 Sq/527 by Dec 1955
RNAY Donibristle by spring 1958
701Sq P Flt (HMS Protector) by Aug 1958 until c Aug 1959, Jul 1960 to Sep 1960
700Sq by Oct 1960
To GI A2542 by Jun 1966 at RNAY Fleetlands
To Lee by Jul 1970
1971-07 A Seafield Park G I Airframe to RN AMS Seafield Park by Jul 1971 until c Jun 1975
to Lee by Jun 1975
to Wroughton store by Jan 1976
1981-05 B Bagintonto Baginton May 1981, awaiting restoration there by Jul 1989
1983-10-30 C EGBE whilst on display at Coventry. The first UK Westland Whirlwind maybe deserved a better fate?


1993-08-29 D EGFI at International Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare


2013-01 E EGCI Restoration The Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group discovered XA862 on the fire dump at RAF Colerne (see photo below) and managed to salvage the cockpit section which is as Jan.2013 under restoration as a mobile exhibit at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, Doncaster - Alan Beattie for YHPG




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