Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa163

Built 1957





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa163 Register XK936 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1957. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XK936

aug57
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1957-07-18Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA163, ff: 18Jul57
del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XK936, 01Aug57
pres Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, unk.
1957-08V A EGHFto 845 NAS / V towards end of Aug 1958. 845 NAS
1958-01337 V B EGAEto 820 NAS, double coded 337 and V by Jan 1958 until May 1958. 820 NAS
1958-05 A EGHFto 701 NAS, mid May 1958 and with C Flt for HMS Albion by Jun. 701 NAS
1958-07 C Hal Far Stored offloaded to Hal Far storage towards end of Jul.
1960-05to 848 NAS, eventually in Far East. 848 NAS
1964-01 D WSAT Survey to AHU Tengah for condition survey
1964-10short service with 847 NAS until c Dec 1964.
1966-10554 E EGDRto 705 NAS until c Dec 1967 705 NAS
1967-12 F EGVF Upgrades RNAY Fleetlands in the modernisation programme
1969-02562 E EGDRrecoded by 705 NAS. 705 NAS
1974-12 G EGDT Stored to RNAY Wroughton, for storage

oct75
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1975-10 H EGSU Exhibit transferred to IWM as /62 in Oct 1975 (as a replacement for XG577, which was damaged on arrival). Still present 2011, still Mar 2015.




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