Service Timeline
XG577
Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm
| Mar 28, 1956 | Westland Whirlwind HAR.3, c/n WA72, ff: 28Mar56 del Royal Navy FAA as XG577, 16Apr56 wfu as A2571, unk xfer Leconfield as 9050M, unk. |
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| Aug | 979-Z | assigned to Albion SAR Flt early Aug 1956 |
| Sep 17, 1957 | Accident damaged in cable strike while en route Brawdy to HMS Albion. Subsequently repaired | |
| Oct | assigned to 701 NAS C Flt on HMS Victorious, late Oct 1957 for short duty. 701 NAS | |
| Nov | assigned to 701 NAS B Flt on HMS Ark Royal, mid Nov 1957 until c Jul 1958 701 NAS | |
| Jul 1958 | 531 | EGHF 705 NAS to Lee-on-Solent with 705 NAS / 531, until c late Nov. 705 NAS |
| Jan 1959 | 301 | EGDP 815 NAS assigned to 815 NAS / 301 at Portland, as the base was nearing completion of building work but before the main body of the unit flew in trom Eglinton, that Apr. 815 NAS |
| Aug | 762 | EGDP 737 NAS to 737 NAS / 762 at Portland 737 NAS |
| Dec 1961 | 528 | EGDR 705 NAS after series of mods, maintenance and communications upgrades, issued to 705 NAS as /528. 705 NAS |
| Mar 1967 | G I Airframe to Arbroath (A2571) by Mar 1967, still Jul 1968. | |
| Jun 1970 | EGHF G I Aiframe to Lee (A2571) Jun 1970, until May 1974 | |
| Jun 1974 | EGSU to IWM Duxford Jun 1974 (but was damaged on arrival), until c Apr 1980 | |
| May 21, 1980 | Exhibit Preserved at Loughborough Leicestershire Aviation Museum May 1980 | |
| Dec 1983 | EGSU returned to IWM Duxford during Dec 1983 | |
| Mar 1986 | EGUK Preserved preserved at Waterbeach by 39 RE REGT by Mar 1986 still Feb 1989 returned to Duxford by Sep 1989 for storage. |
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| Oct 1990 | EGXV Fire dump to Leconfield dump as 9050M by Oct 1990 sold for scrapping 2001 |
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