XK911 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 C/N wa158

Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa158 Register XK911 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1957. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History

jul57 Fleet Air Arm
XK911
1957-06-14		Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA158, ff: 14Jun57 del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XK911, 04Jul57 wfu as A2603, unk preserved Shepherd's Bush, London, unk.
1957-07	Y	845 NAS / Y by mid Jul 1957 845 NAS
1958	322 / Y	820 Sq /322 /Y Jan 1958 Eglinton store May 1958 820 NAS
1961-10	918-R	to Ark Royal SAR Flt / 918-R by mid Oct 1961.
1965-12	519	A EGDP	to 829 NAS / 519 by Dec 1965 829 NAS
1967-06	519-PO	A EGDP	transferred to 771 NAS, when the unit reformed at Portland. 771 NAS
1968-03		B RM Condor	G I Airframe AES Arbroath by Mar 1968
1974-08	519-PO	C EGHF	G I Airframe AES Lee, still as /519-PO (A2603), still by Mar 1978
1979-12		D EGDT	Stored to RNAY Wroughton early Dec 1979, until Aug 1992.