Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa198

Built 1957 - Scrapped 1993





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa198 Register XL836 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1957. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XL836

feb58
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1957-10-27Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA198, ff: 27Oct57
del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XL836, 11Feb58
wfu as A2642, unk
perished Predannack Fire School, 1993.
1958-11 A WSAG Stored Sembawang store by Nov 1958
848 Sq / G-B by Jan 1962, heavy landing in Oman Sep 1962 to Fleetlands for repair by Dec 1962
by Jun 1963 to 848 Sq / K until Jul 1963
847 Sq / W by Sep 1963
Sembawang store by May 1964
846 Sq / Y by Aug 1965
to UK in HMS Albion Aug 1966
Fleetlands store by Sep 1966
705 Sq/555-CU by Jan 1968
Fleetlands store by Nov 1969
705 Sq/(5)65-CU by Oct 1970 705 NAS
1974-12 B EGDT Stored Wroughton by Dec 1974, to A2462
1975-08 C EGVF Gate Guardian Fleetlands gate/65-FL by Aug 1975 to c Jun 1979
Fleetlands dump by Jul 1983
1983-08-02 D EGDO G I Airframe to Predannack Aug 1983, scrapped by 1993




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