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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 XG588 1956-09-30 Westland Whirlwind HAR.3, c/n WA83, ff: 30Sep56 del Royal Navy FAA as XG585, 20Oct55. 1957-05 995-J A off Malden Island to Warrior SAR Flt/995-J, Nov 1956 for Grapple deployment. Returned by Oct 1957. Operation Grapple G-BAMH Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 Bristow Helicopters from 1969 Jan/Oct 1973 as Whirlwind Ser.3 to Bermuda as VR-BEP VR-BEP Bermuda, ex G-BAMH XG588 may86
- 1986-05 B East Midlands Aeropark May 1986 to East Midlands aviation museum 2004-04-08 B East Midlands Aeropark 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 noted in RAF Rescue yellow paint scheme with 22 Sq door badge but without tail boom, at East Midlands Aeropark. 2013 B East Midlands Aeropark preserved at East Midlands Aeropark as RAF SAR aircraft 2021-07-29 B East Midlands Aeropark noted rotorless, at East Midlands Aeropark, but with replacement tailboom. 2023-06-05 B East Midlands Aeropark 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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