Westland Whirlwind HAR.3

C/N wa 83

Built 1956 Whirlwind SRS.3





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.3 Serial wa 83 Register XG588 VR-BEP G-BAMH used by Bristow Bermuda ,Bristow ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1956 Converted to Whirlwind SRS.3. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XG588

oct55
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1956-09-30Westland Whirlwind HAR.3, c/n WA83, ff: 30Sep56
del Royal Navy FAA as XG585, 20Oct55.
1957-05995-J A off Malden Islandto Warrior SAR Flt/995-J, Nov 1956 for Grapple deployment. Returned by Oct 1957. Operation Grapple

G-BAMH

oct69
united kingdom Bristow


Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 Bristow Helicopters from 1969
Jan/Oct 1973 as Whirlwind Ser.3
to Bermuda as VR-BEP

VR-BEP

oct73
bermuda Bristow Bermuda

Bermuda, ex G-BAMH

XG588

may86
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1986-05 B East Midlands Aeropark Exhibit May 1986 to East Midlands aviation museum
2004-04-08 B East Midlands Aeropark Exhibit rotorless with part of tailboom transmission cover missing, in RAF Rescue yellow colour scheme, with 22 Sq badge.
2009-10-26 B East Midlands Aeropark Exhibit noted in RAF Rescue yellow paint scheme with 22 Sq door badge but without tail boom, at East Midlands Aeropark.
2013 B East Midlands Aeroparkpreserved at East Midlands Aeropark as RAF SAR aircraft
2021-07-29 B East Midlands Aeropark Exhibit noted rotorless, at East Midlands Aeropark, but with replacement tailboom.
2023-06-05 B East Midlands Aeropark Exhibit repainted in red, white & blue colours as Srs.3 VR-BEP of Bristow, complete with tail rotors and folded main blades. The aircraft had never served with the RAF.




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