Westland Whirlwind HAR.2

C/N wa141

Built 1956





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.2 Serial wa141 Register XK970 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1956. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XK970

united kingdom Royal Air Force

1956-05-25Westland Whirlwind HAR.2, c/n WA141, ff: 25May56
del Royal Air Force as XK970, 06Jul56
conv HAR.10, unk
wfu as 8789M, Bramley, Hampshire, unk.
1956-11-06 A EGPSDJEHU/11 by 1956, JHU/11 by Oct 1956, Suez assault 6 Nov 1956 JEHU Operation Musketeer
1963-09 B OYAA , served with the SAR Flight at Khormaksar, Aden
Painted SAR yellow
By Aug66, it had been allocated to the Central Flying School at Tern Hill and coded W-Y. Painted silver and dayglo.
1983 C LCRA Rescue training
Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 84Sq B Flt / P by 1972, still Jan 1982, to 8789M, rescue training at Akrotiri by still Jan 1985
G.I. Bramley




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